Biographical dossier

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo is classified in the historical people index as WRITER. 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:Q535
Catalogue ID
person:wd:Q535
Wikidata ID
Q535
Occupation class
WRITER
Life span
AD 1802–AD 1885
Birth anchor
Besançon (AD 1802)
Death anchor
French Third Republic (AD 1885)
HPI
89.96473441183228

Chronological record

The dataset places the life between AD 1802 and AD 1885. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.

Geographic anchors

Birth: Besançon (AD 1802). Death: French Third Republic (AD 1885).

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 WRITER. 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: 12.411728499333895.

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?