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Urs Altermatt

Swiss historian
Person human Q122147

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[9]
Date of birth
July 18, 1942
Place of birth
Biberist
Country of citizenship
Switzerland[5]
Occupation
historian, university teacher
Employer
University of Fribourg[7]
Field of work
history[6]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[13]
Described by source
Schaffhausen Canton History of the 19th and 20th Centuries[12]
Family name
Altermatt[10]
Given name
Urs[11]
Member of
AV Berchtoldia Bern[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en Urs Altermatt cs Urs Altermat
🔖 Identifiers · 35
ISNI
000000010879507X
VIAF cluster ID
24639772
Library of Congress authority ID
n81071320
GND ID
124284701
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Urs Altermatt.jpg ↗
BDELIS ID
60674
BHCL UUID
fc053f69-cc75-4316-b8b7-c201d7ef3216
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12157526d
DDB person (GND) ID
124284701
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
124284701
Dodis ID
P23170
FAST ID
74888
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Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/1234bcwl
IdRef ID
030088747
IxTheo authority ID
08576065X
JudaicaLink person (GND) ID
124284701
KBR person ID
14675697
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
124284701
Kallías ID
PE00344043
NL CR AUT ID
jn19990000133
NLP ID
a0000003000908
NUKAT ID
n95002478
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007257665105171
National Library of Latvia ID
000029162
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810571281005606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
068213786
OpenMLOL author ID
356776
Parsifal cluster ID
220483
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
1684
Prabook ID
488037
SBN author ID
UFIV074409
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID
302828
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/75423
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJtmyKMrFHYDTJ9hKhyyBP
Yale LUX ID
person/42b6b4f9-6d76-4ca7-9ee7-079f8f8f8b38

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Occupation 2
historian, university teacher
Country of citizenship 1
Switzerland
Employer 1
University of Fribourg
Field of work 1
history
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
German
Place of birth 1
Biberist
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Urs Altermatt was born on July 18, 1942[1], in Biberist[2]. He has worked as a historian[3] and university teacher[4].

FAQs

Where was Urs Altermatt born?

Urs Altermatt's place of birth was Biberist[2].

What did Urs Altermatt do for work?

Urs Altermatt worked as a historian[3] and university teacher[4].

Related Entities

Switzerland

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . catalogue.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 26w ago · Bargioni · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Languages spoken, written or signed → German
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    Described by source → Schaffhausen Canton History of the 19th and 20th Centuries
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