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Carl Hilty

Swiss philosopher, writer and lawyer (1833-1909)
Person human Q123268

Facts

26 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[22]
Date of birth
February 28, 1833
Date of death
October 12, 1909
Place of birth
Werdenberg
Place of death
Clarens
Country of citizenship
Switzerland[11]
Occupation
judge, philosopher, university teacher, politician, suffragist, historian, theologian, jurist[12][13][14]
Employer
University of Bern[16]
Position held
Member of the Swiss National Council[15]
Educated at
Göttingen University Faculty of Law, Heidelberg University[17][18]
Religion or worldview
Protestantism, reformed[20][21]
Member of political party
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland[23]
Work location
Bern[28]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German, Swiss German, French, English[35][36][37][38]
Academic degree
Doctor of Juridical Science[25]
Archives at
Swiss Literary Archives[24]
Described by source
Svensk uppslagsbok, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Neue Deutsche Biographie[31][32][33][34]
Family name
Hilty[26]
Given name
Carl[27]
Member of
Institut de Droit International[19]
Municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
Grabs, Chur[29][30]
Name in native language
Carl Hilty[39]
P14527
19919
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P14536
414708
Place of burial
Bremgarten cemetery[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Carl Andreas Hilty en Carl Hilty en Charles Hilty de Karl Hilty de Carl Andreas Hilty ja カール・ヒルティ ko 칼 힐티 ko 카를 힐티 ru Карл Андреас Гильти ru Карл Гильти sv Karl Hilty uk Карл Гілті zh 卡尔·希尔蒂 zh-hans 卡尔·希尔蒂 zh-hant 卡爾·希爾蒂
🔖 Identifiers · 56
ISNI
0000000110357837
VIAF cluster ID
3265317
Library of Congress authority ID
no99029466
GND ID
118705032
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
CarlHilty photo-by-EmilWollenweider ca1890.jpg ↗
Angelicum ID
3838
Aozora Bunko author ID
2253
BDELIS ID
76295
BIBSYS ID
90732703
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12775334f
CANTIC ID
981061160068806706
CiNii Research ID
1140845216605486848
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DDB person (GND) ID
118705032
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118705032
Dodis ID
P6280
E-archiv.li ID
31622
FAST ID
432661
Freebase ID
/m/01r7fn
HDS ID
003987
IdRef ID
145265587
IxTheo authority ID
283902612
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
118705032
Kallías ID
PE00020416
LibriVox author ID
10030
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA00997579
NDL Authority ID
00443371
NL CR AUT ID
xx0004932
NLP ID
a0000002563598
NUKAT ID
n2010076733
National Library of Greece ID
223646
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000384686
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007313955205171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC199612421
National Library of Latvia ID
000265161
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:V*378814;=BR
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810599503505606
National Library of Portugal ID
1313856
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070112614, 315480912
Obálky knih ID
xx0004932
Open Library ID
OL4827238A, OL153940A
OpenMLOL author ID
144352
PMB – Personen der Moderne Basis person ID
114565
Parsifal cluster ID
45546
Project Gutenberg author ID
54958
RERO ID (legacy)
A003372571, A010095461
Runeberg author ID
hiltycar
SBN author ID
FERV031671
SHARE Catalogue author ID
260948
SVKKL authority ID
p0061454-Hilty-Karl-18331909
Swiss parliament ID
2325
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID
321879
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV10306976
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/184879
WikiTree person ID
Hilty-206
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvCKWgMjMW8QqkjCmHwG3
Yale LUX ID
person/fbf782cf-493c-4bc0-951c-603faf0a34b0

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 7
politician, judge, historian, philosopher, theologian, university teacher, women's suffrage movement
Languages spoken, written or signed 4
English, German, French, Swiss German
Described by source 2
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Svensk uppslagsbok
Municipal affiliation of a Swiss national 2
Chur, Grabs
Academic degree 1
Doctor of Juridical Science
Archives at 1
Swiss Literary Archives
Country of citizenship 1
Switzerland
Educated at 1
Heidelberg University
Employer 1
University of Bern
Given name 1
Carl
Instance of 1
human
Member of 1
Institut de Droit International
Member of political party 1
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland
Place of birth 1
Werdenberg
Place of death 1
Clarens
Religion or worldview 1
Protestantism
Sex or gender 1
male
Work location 1
Bern
← FactGrid item ID 1
Marigny-le-Cahouët
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Summary

Carl Hilty was born on February 28, 1833[1], in Werdenberg[2]. He died on October 12, 1909[3], in Clarens[4]. He worked as a judge[5], philosopher[6], university teacher[7], politician[8], and suffragist[9].

FAQs

Where was Carl Hilty born?

Carl Hilty's place of birth was Werdenberg[2].

Where did Carl Hilty die?

Carl Hilty passed away in Clarens[4].

What did Carl Hilty do for work?

Carl Hilty worked as a judge[5], philosopher[6], university teacher[7], politician[8], and suffragist[9].

Where did Carl Hilty go to school?

Carl Hilty was educated at Göttingen University Faculty of Law[17] and Heidelberg University[18].

Related Entities

Bern Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . hls-dhs-dss.ch. Retrieved . hls-dhs-dss.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . parlament.ch. Retrieved . parlament.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [17] ↑ . hls-dhs-dss.ch. Retrieved . hls-dhs-dss.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [18] ↑ . hls-dhs-dss.ch. Retrieved . hls-dhs-dss.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . hls-dhs-dss.ch. Retrieved . hls-dhs-dss.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . helveticarchives.ch. Retrieved . helveticarchives.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . hls-dhs-dss.ch. Retrieved . hls-dhs-dss.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . hls-dhs-dss.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . hls-dhs-dss.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . hls-dhs-dss.ch. Retrieved . hls-dhs-dss.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . hls-dhs-dss.ch. Retrieved . hls-dhs-dss.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  6. 20w ago · Christian.gutknecht · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  7. 20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → p0061454-Hilty-Karl-18331909
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  8. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → judge, philosopher, university teacher +5
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  9. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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