Simon Karas

Greek musicologist
Person human Q7519083
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Simon Karas

Summary

Simon Karas is a human[1]. His place of birth was Q21588322[2]. He was born on May 21, 1903[3]. He passed away in Athens[4]. He died on January 26, 1999[5]. He worked as a musicologist[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month, #7,296 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Simon Karas's place of birth was Q21588322[2].
  • Simon Karas died in Athens[4].
  • Simon Karas was born on May 21, 1903[3].
  • Simon Karas died on January 26, 1999[5].
  • Simon Karas held citizenship in Greece[8].
  • Simon Karas's professions included musicologist[6].
  • Simon Karas was educated at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens[9].
  • A notable student of Simon Karas was Lambros Liavas[10].
  • A notable student of Simon Karas was Domna Samiou[11].
  • Simon Karas is recorded as male[12].
  • Simon Karas's instance of is recorded as human[13].
  • Simon Karas's family name is recorded as Karas[14].
  • Simon Karas's given name is recorded as Simon[15].
  • Simon Karas's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Greek[16].
  • Simon Karas's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'Σίμων Καράς'}[17].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[18]

  • Country: GR[19]

  • Began / founded: 1905-06-03[20]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1999-01-26[21]

  • Community tags: musicologist[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9e9498ea-ae5f-4588-ac86-52c771f2fbe8[23]

Body

Origins and Family

Simon Karas was born in Q21588322[2]. He was born on May 21, 1903[3].

Education

Simon Karas was educated at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens[9].

Career and Affiliations

Simon Karas worked as a musicologist[6]. Notable students include Lambros Liavas[10], an ethnomusicologist[24], b. 1959[25], of Greece[26] and Domna Samiou[11], a singer[27], 1928–2012[28], of Greece[29].

Death and Burial

Simon Karas died on January 26, 1999[5]. He passed away in Athens[4].

Why It Matters

Simon Karas ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month, #7,296 of 1,000,298).[7] He has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30]

FAQs

Where was Simon Karas born?

Simon Karas's place of birth was Q21588322[2].

Where did Simon Karas die?

Simon Karas passed away in Athens[4].

What did Simon Karas do for work?

Simon Karas worked as musicologist[6].

Where did Simon Karas go to school?

Simon Karas was educated at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens[9].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . kepem.org. kepem.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [5] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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