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Urs App

Swiss historian of Ideas, Religion, and Philosophy
Person human Q116193

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
1949, August 10, 1949[7]
Place of birth
Rorschach
Country of citizenship
Switzerland[9]
Occupation
humanities scholar, historian, historian of ideas, religious studies scholar
Employer
École française d'Extrême-Orient[10]
Educated at
Temple University, University of Fribourg[11][12]
Spouse
Monica Esposito[8]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Swiss German, German, English, Japanese[17][18][19][20]
Family name
App[15]
Given name
Urs[16]
Residence
Kyoto[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Urs App fa اپ، اورس، ۱۹۴۹- م. ja Urs App ja ウルス・アップ
🔖 Identifiers · 39
ISNI
0000000121368857
VIAF cluster ID
64724658
Library of Congress authority ID
nr93048791
GND ID
142830267
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Urs App.jpg ↗
BIBSYS ID
11000501
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14505661n
CBDB.cz author ID
46525
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11566520
CiNii Research ID
1140282266589741824
DDB person (GND) ID
142830267
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
142830267
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Freebase ID
/m/0ds0zv2
IdRef ID
095152156
IxTheo authority ID
640141471
KBR person ID
14491507
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA07830119
NDL Authority ID
00462404
NL CR AUT ID
hka2011634817
NLAI ID
1549909
NLP ID
a0000001903892
NUKAT ID
n2006076312
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007453071705171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC2020R8746
National Library of Latvia ID
000191898
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810584194705606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
157383431
Obálky knih ID
hka2011634817
Open Library ID
OL7357458A
Parsifal cluster ID
801346
Persée author ID
164328
RERO ID (legacy)
A002934148
SAIA authority ID
5a1d4d054ab9d081344ce8d5
SHARE Catalogue author ID
647281
SVKKL authority ID
0298237-App-Urs-1949
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID
311909
Wellcome Collection concept ID
r4e85mn7
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJrRgKFhcMGfTcPvvjtVG3
Yale LUX ID
person/e680bf8d-e28e-4ae2-ace8-907669513191

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🔗 Connections
Languages spoken, written or signed 4
English, German, Japanese, Swiss German
Educated at 2
Temple University, University of Fribourg
Country of citizenship 1
Switzerland
Employer 1
École française d'Extrême-Orient
Instance of 1
human
Occupation 1
historian
Place of birth 1
Rorschach
Residence 1
Kyoto
Sex or gender 1
male
Spouse 1
Monica Esposito
Spouses 1
Monica Esposito
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Summary

Urs App was born on 1949[1] in Rorschach[2]. He has worked as a humanities scholar[3], historian[4], historian of ideas[5], and religious studies scholar[6].

FAQs

Where was Urs App born?

Urs App was born in Rorschach[2].

Who was Urs App married to?

Urs App's spouses include Monica Esposito[8].

What did Urs App do for work?

Urs App worked as a humanities scholar[3], historian[4], historian of ideas[5], and religious studies scholar[6].

Where did Urs App go to school?

Urs App was educated at Temple University[11] and University of Fribourg[12].

Related Entities

École française d'Extrême-Orient Switzerland Temple University

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [7] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Educated at → Temple University, University of Fribourg
    Family name → App
    Instance of → —
    Employer → —
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