Biographical dossier

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln is classified in the historical people index as POLITICIAN. This dossier preserves the indexed life dates and geographic anchors while explicitly marking what the source does not supply.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:person:person:wd:Q91
Catalogue ID
person:wd:Q91
Wikidata ID
Q91
Occupation class
POLITICIAN
Life span
AD 1809–AD 1865
Birth anchor
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park (AD 1809)
Death anchor
Washington, D.C. (AD 1865)
HPI
89.14230026210323

Chronological record

The dataset places the life between AD 1809 and AD 1865. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.

Geographic anchors

Birth: Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park (AD 1809). Death: Washington, D.C. (AD 1865).

Country keys are dataset keys and must not be mistaken for the historical boundaries that existed during the person’s lifetime.

Historical role

The source assigns the broad occupation class POLITICIAN. It does not by itself establish doctrine, sanctity, political legitimacy, responsibility for every event associated with the person, or the exact scope of an office.

Source and identity method

Source: PANTHEON_2_2020. Identity method: pantheon_wikidata_qid. Language-edition measure: 8.463667286454502.

Research questions

  1. Which primary sources are contemporary with this person?
  2. Which office, community or institution gives the person historical agency?
  3. How do later confessional, national or ideological narratives reshape the record?
  4. Which places on the atlas are genuine life anchors and which are later reception sites?