Biographical dossier

Hippolyte Taine

Hippolyte Taine is classified in the historical people index as HISTORIAN. 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:Q297726
Catalogue ID
person:wd:Q297726
Wikidata ID
Q297726
Occupation class
HISTORIAN
Life span
AD 1828–AD 1893
Birth anchor
Vouziers (AD 1828)
Death anchor
Paris (AD 1893)
HPI
75.83830218302339

Chronological record

The dataset places the life between AD 1828 and AD 1893. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.

Geographic anchors

Birth: Vouziers (AD 1828). Death: Paris (AD 1893).

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 HISTORIAN. 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: 10.518759211925273.

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?