Biographical dossier

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau 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:Q6527
Catalogue ID
person:wd:Q6527
Wikidata ID
Q6527
Occupation class
PHILOSOPHER
Life span
AD 1712–AD 1778
Birth anchor
Geneva (AD 1712)
Death anchor
Ermenonville (AD 1778)
HPI
92.04598159604377

Chronological record

The dataset places the life between AD 1712 and AD 1778. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.

Geographic anchors

Birth: Geneva (AD 1712). Death: Ermenonville (AD 1778).

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: 16.275367544734618.

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?