Biographical dossier

Wilhelm Keitel

Wilhelm Keitel is classified in the historical people index as MILITARY PERSONNEL. 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:Q76361
Catalogue ID
person:wd:Q76361
Wikidata ID
Q76361
Occupation class
MILITARY PERSONNEL
Life span
AD 1882–AD 1946
Birth anchor
Bad Gandersheim (AD 1882)
Death anchor
Nuremberg (AD 1946)
HPI
82.01490095155594

Chronological record

The dataset places the life between AD 1882 and AD 1946. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.

Geographic anchors

Birth: Bad Gandersheim (AD 1882). Death: Nuremberg (AD 1946).

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 MILITARY PERSONNEL. 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: 10.630320322140523.

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?