# Wolfgang Paul
**Wikidata**: [Q112526215](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112526215)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/wolfgang-paul-q112526215

## Summary
Wolfgang Paul is a computer scientist and university teacher whose documented fields of work are informatics, mathematics, and physics. The available source material records him in multiple national and international authority files (ISNI, VIAF, GND), indicating a recognized presence in bibliographic and academic records.

## Biography
- Born: 1959
- Field(s): informatics; mathematics; physics

## Contributions
The provided source material does not list specific papers, patents, software projects, companies, or named standards authored or led by Wolfgang Paul. What is documented are his professional roles and his presence in library and authority databases:

- Occupation: computer scientist; university teacher.
- Fields of work recorded: informatics, mathematics, and physics.
- Standard authority and library identifiers associated with him: ISNI 000000011492013X; VIAF ID 55004618; GND (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek) ID 121472302; idref ID 08326860X; NUKAT ID n00093735; National Library of Israel identifier 987007422678705171; Yale LUX ID person/c5323718-c691-4324-9eca-5c65a74da5bb.
- National library authority entries include qualifiers and references (for example GND record with reference date and VIAF linkage metadata).

In summary, the concrete outcomes recorded in the provided material are bibliographic and authority-record presences and stated professional roles rather than a list of specific authored works or projects.

## FAQs
### Q: What is Wolfgang Paul's profession?
A: He is documented as a computer scientist and a university teacher.

### Q: When was Wolfgang Paul born?
A: The source lists his birth year as 1959.

### Q: What fields does Wolfgang Paul work in?
A: He is recorded as working in informatics, mathematics, and physics.

## Why They Matter
The source material establishes Wolfgang Paul as a professionally recognized figure within academic and bibliographic systems. His recorded occupations (computer scientist and university teacher) and fields (informatics, mathematics, physics) place him at the intersection of computational science, formal disciplines, and physical science — an interdisciplinary profile common among academics who contribute to research, teaching, and scholarly output. The inclusion of multiple authoritative identifiers (ISNI, VIAF, GND, idref, NUKAT, National Library of Israel, Yale LUX) is a concrete measure of his presence in library catalogs and scholarly metadata systems; such entries are typically created for individuals with published works, academic appointments, or other recordable professional activity. While the provided material does not enumerate specific publications or projects, the authority records themselves matter because they enable consistent citation, discovery, and aggregation of any works associated with him across libraries and databases. Without these records, tracing an academic's corpus and bibliographic impact would be significantly harder.

## Notable For
- Recorded occupations: computer scientist and university teacher (per provided authority data).
- Fields of work: informatics, mathematics, and physics.
- Presence in major authority and bibliographic systems: ISNI 000000011492013X; VIAF ID 55004618; GND ID 121472302.
- Other catalog identifiers: idref ID 08326860X; NUKAT ID n00093735; National Library of Israel ID 987007422678705171; Yale LUX ID person/c5323718-c691-4324-9eca-5c65a74da5bb.
- Birth year documented as 1959.

## Body
### Identity and Basic Data
- Given name: Wolfgang.
- Sex/gender: male.
- Instance of: human.
- Birth year: 1959.

### Occupation and Roles
- Occupation (as recorded): computer scientist.
- Occupation (as recorded): university teacher.
- No specific employer names are provided in the supplied material.

### Fields of Work
- Informatics (field recorded).
- Mathematics (field recorded).
- Physics (field recorded).

### Authority and Library Identifiers
- ISNI: 000000011492013X.
- VIAF: 55004618.
- GND (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek): 121472302.
  - GND record includes references and linkages to VIAF and archive metadata.
- idref (France): 08326860X.
- NUKAT: n00093735.
- National Library of Israel identifier: 987007422678705171.
- Yale LUX ID: person/c5323718-c691-4324-9eca-5c65a74da5bb.
- Dutch authority record (nl-cr-aut-id): jo20181011694 with qualifier "Paul, Wolfgang".

### Bibliographic Footprint (what the source shows)
- The supplied data documents Wolfgang Paul’s professional identity and catalog presence but does not list titles of works, publication dates, patents, software, or named projects.
- Authority records and catalog identifiers imply there are bibliographic entries or associated materials indexed under his name in libraries and national catalogs, though those items are not enumerated here.

### Notes on Sources and Limitations
- All statements above are drawn from the provided structured properties and authority metadata.
- The material does not include details on education, nationality, employers, awards, specific publications, or concrete project names; those fields are therefore omitted.

## References

1. Czech National Authority Database
2. [Source](https://viaf.org/viaf/data/viaf-20230206-links.txt.gz)
3. National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File