Biographical dossier

Mircea Eliade

Mircea Eliade 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:Q41590
Catalogue ID
person:wd:Q41590
Wikidata ID
Q41590
Occupation class
HISTORIAN
Life span
AD 1907–AD 1986
Birth anchor
Bucharest (AD 1907)
Death anchor
Chicago (AD 1986)
HPI
78.18498383228598

Chronological record

The dataset places the life between AD 1907 and AD 1986. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.

Geographic anchors

Birth: Bucharest (AD 1907). Death: Chicago (AD 1986).

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: 10.266834600569386.

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?