Biographical dossier

Heinz Guderian

Heinz Guderian is classified in the historical people index as MILITARY PERSONNEL. 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:Q70560
Catalogue ID
person:wd:Q70560
Wikidata ID
Q70560
Occupation class
MILITARY PERSONNEL
Life span
AD 1888–AD 1954
Birth anchor
Chełmno (AD 1888)
Death anchor
Schwangau (AD 1954)
HPI
82.65976883495583

Chronological record

The dataset places the life between AD 1888 and AD 1954. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.

Geographic anchors

Birth: Chełmno (AD 1888). Death: Schwangau (AD 1954).

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 MILITARY PERSONNEL. 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: 12.095010918802934.

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?