Biographical dossier

Baruch Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza is classified in the historical people index as PHILOSOPHER. 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:Q35802
Catalogue ID
person:wd:Q35802
Wikidata ID
Q35802
Occupation class
PHILOSOPHER
Life span
AD 1632–AD 1677
Birth anchor
Amsterdam (AD 1632)
Death anchor
The Hague (AD 1677)
HPI
87.56466841690376

Chronological record

The dataset places the life between AD 1632 and AD 1677. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.

Geographic anchors

Birth: Amsterdam (AD 1632). Death: The Hague (AD 1677).

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 PHILOSOPHER. 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: 10.976859090689796.

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?