Biographical dossier

Jacob Burckhardt

Jacob Burckhardt 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:Q59945
Catalogue ID
person:wd:Q59945
Wikidata ID
Q59945
Occupation class
HISTORIAN
Life span
AD 1818–AD 1897
Birth anchor
Basel (AD 1818)
Death anchor
Basel (AD 1897)
HPI
76.71318988583849

Chronological record

The dataset places the life between AD 1818 and AD 1897. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.

Geographic anchors

Birth: Basel (AD 1818). Death: Basel (AD 1897).

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: 11.60341319662061.

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?