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Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt

German historian (1812-1887)
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Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt
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Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[20]
Date of birth
September 26, 1812
Date of death
April 10, 1887
Place of birth
Berlin
Place of death
Jena
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of Prussia[9]
Occupation
politician, historian, university teacher, philologist
Employer
University of Jena, University of Zurich, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, ETH Zurich[14][15][16][17]
Field of work
history of Germany[10]
Position held
member of the Reichstag of the German Empire, Member of the Frankfurt Parliament, rector of the University of Jena, rector of the University of Jena[11][12][13]
Member of political party
National Liberal Party[21]
Work location
Zurich, Jena, Berlin[24][25][26]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[31]
Described by source
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia[27][28][29][30]
Family name
Schmidt[22]
Given name
Wilhelm[23]
Member of
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences[18][19]
Name in native language
Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt[32]
Writing language
German[33]
🏷️ Also known as
en Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt ar ويلهلم أدولف شميت cs Adolf Wilhelm Schmidt de Wilhelm Adolph Schmidt fa ویلهلم آدولف اشمیت ru Вильгельм Адольф Шмидт ru Шмидт, Вильгельм Адольф
🔖 Identifiers · 38
ISNI
0000000110207281
VIAF cluster ID
7814272
Library of Congress Authorities ID
nr98011494
GND ID
104085606
Academy of Athens authority ID
14596
BDELIS ID
81225
BIORAB-Kaiserreich ID
2271
Biorab-Frankfurt ID
29614
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01437098
DDB person (GND) ID
104085606
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
104085606
Edition humboldt digital ID
H0015602
Show all 38 identifiers +26
FAST ID
415578
Freebase ID
/m/01bs_4
IdRef ID
083447768
IxTheo authority ID
136104738
J9U entity ID
987007267779605171
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
104085606
Kallías ID
PE00631329
Libris-URI
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NL CR AUT ID
mub2011674411
NLA Trove people ID
1178798
NLP ID
a0000001904304
NUKAT ID
n2004001429
National Library of Greece ID
154140
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000118062
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810604895705606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
068476337
Open Library ID
OL2407530A
OpenMLOL author ID
153516
Parsifal cluster ID
605909
Prabook ID
1744150
SELIBR ID
282643
SHARE Catalogue author ID
517248
Treccani ID
adolf-wilhelm-schmidt
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/126952
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJhRHWTBx73KWRPr79wpyd
Yale LUX ID
person/ba161bba-4001-4ba1-b3e3-01decd2be484

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Described by source 4
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, New International Encyclopedia
Employer 4
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, ETH Zurich, University of Zurich, University of Jena
Occupation 3
politician, historian, university teacher
Work location 3
Berlin, Zurich, Jena
Member of 2
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Country of citizenship 1
Kingdom of Prussia
Family name 1
Schmidt
Field of work 1
history of Germany
Given name 1
Wilhelm
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
German
Member of political party 1
National Liberal Party
Place of birth 1
Berlin
Place of death 1
Jena
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
German
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Summary

Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt was born on September 26, 1812[1], in Berlin[2]. He died on April 10, 1887[3], in Jena[4]. He worked as a politician[5], historian[6], university teacher[7], and philologist[8].

FAQs

Where was Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt born?

Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt was born in Berlin[2].

Where did Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt die?

Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt died in Jena[4].

What did Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt do for work?

Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt worked as a politician[5], historian[6], university teacher[7], and philologist[8].

Related Entities

history of Germany Kingdom of Prussia University of Zurich

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . LIBRIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . Schmidt, Adolf (ADB). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  20. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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