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Sophus Ruge

German ethnologist (1831–1903)
Person human Q71061

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[17]
Date of birth
March 28, 1831, March 26, 1831[9]
Date of death
December 23, 1903
Place of birth
Dorum
Place of death
Klotzsche
Country of citizenship
Germany[13]
Occupation
ethnologist, university teacher, historian, geographer
Employer
TU Dresden[14]
Child
Walther Ruge, Frida Elise Ruge[11][12]
Work location
Stade, Göttingen[20][21]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[25]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Neue Deutsche Biographie[22][23][24]
Family name
Ruge[18]
Given name
Sophus[19]
Member of
Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Verein für Geschichte und Topographie Dresdens und seiner Umgebung[15][16]
Name in native language
Sophus Ruge[26]
P14536
410207[28]
Place of burial
Dresden[10]
Writing language
German[27]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ruge en Sophus Ruge cs S. Ruge ru Руге, Софус ru Софус Руге sv Ruge
🔖 Identifiers · 48
ISNI
000000010913082X
VIAF cluster ID
69689299
Library of Congress authority ID
n87115576
GND ID
116702133
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Sophus Ruge.jpg ↗
American Academy in Rome ID
12432003
Artnet artist ID
sophus-ruge
AskArt person ID
11269969
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
15149612p
CONOR.SI ID
267694179
CONOR.SR ID
23049831
DDB person (GND) ID
116702133
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
116702133
Entomologists of the World ID
48796
FAST ID
205152
FID performing arts ID
agent/gnd_116702133
FactGrid item ID
Pfadfinderbund Süd
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/120_fswh
IdRef ID
115295461
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
116702133
Kallías ID
PE00157041
Museum-digital ID
30622
NL CR AUT ID
xx0185175
NLA Trove people ID
1231845
NLP ID
a0000001793749
NUKAT ID
n01720810
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000486335
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007272254105171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810681545905606
National Library of Portugal ID
95777
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1426318
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
068096747
Niedersächsische Personen ID
1043200762
Open Library ID
OL165391A
OpenMLOL author ID
153016
Parsifal cluster ID
724402
Persée author ID
722592
Project Gutenberg author ID
48065
SBN author ID
SBLV102859
SHARE Catalogue author ID
129872
Saxon Academy of Sciences member ID
ruges
Stadtwiki Dresden article
Sophus_Ruge
Sächsische Biografie (GND) ID
3411
Treccani ID
sophus-ruge
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
sophus-ruge
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/254828
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJbWww8ghHckvBPYRBctrq
Yale LUX ID
person/06ba3042-5232-4b6f-8c90-c1c0ad06f9d3

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 4
historian, geographer, university teacher, ethnologist
Country of citizenship 1
Germany
Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Employer 1
TU Dresden
Family name 1
Ruge
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
German
Member of 1
Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Place of birth 1
Dorum
Place of burial 1
Dresden
Place of death 1
Klotzsche
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
German
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Summary

Sophus Ruge was born on March 28, 1831[1], in Dorum[2]. He died on December 23, 1903[3], in Klotzsche[4]. He worked as an ethnologist[5], university teacher[6], historian[7], and geographer[8].

FAQs

Where was Sophus Ruge born?

Sophus Ruge's place of birth was Dorum[2].

Where did Sophus Ruge die?

Sophus Ruge died in Klotzsche[4].

What did Sophus Ruge do for work?

Sophus Ruge worked as an ethnologist[5], university teacher[6], historian[7], and geographer[8].

Related Entities

Germany Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . saebi.isgv.de. Retrieved . saebi.isgv.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Membership Directory of the Society for the History and Topography of Dresden and its Environs on 1 January 1874. wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Niedersächsische Personen. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Niedersächsische Personen. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Neue Deutsche Biographie
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 9d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Work location → Stade, Göttingen
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'nl', 'pt', 'ru', 'sv']
    Sächsische Biografie (GND) ID → 3411
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  3. 6w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sächsische Biografie (GND) ID → 3411
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  4. 18w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14536 → 410207
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  5. 21w ago · Bargioni · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Sophus
    Place of birth → Dorum
    Employer → TU Dresden
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Neue Deutsche Biographie
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