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Walter Pohl

Austrian historian
Person human Q89384

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[20]
Date of birth
December 27, 1953
Place of birth
Vienna
Country of citizenship
Austria[6]
Occupation
medievalist, historian, university teacher
Employer
University of Vienna[11]
Field of work
medieval history, medieval studies, auxiliary science of history, Migration Period[7][8][9][10]
Educated at
University of Vienna[12]
Award received
Wittgenstein-Prize, Corresponding Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America, Kardinal-Innitzer-Preis[14][15][16]
Doctoral advisor
Herwig Wolfram[13]
Work location
Vienna[23]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German, English[24][25]
Family name
Pohl[21]
Given name
Walter[22]
Interested in
Early Middle Ages, Germans, Migration Period[27][28][29]
Member of
Austrian Academy of Sciences, Academia Europaea, Medieval Academy of America[17][18][19]
Name in native language
Walter Pohl[26]
Writing language
German[30]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 45
ISNI
0000000109286488
VIAF cluster ID
100222230
Library of Congress authority ID
n89627313
GND ID
120126427
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Walter Pohl Aufnahme von Monika Reimitz.jpg ↗
AE member ID
Pohl_Walter
American Academy in Rome ID
12435391
BHCL UUID
2171db27-6953-4075-a68d-39c19c3b87e0, ccbec3bd-dc5d-4e92-9d8f-d26009be2d94
BIBSYS ID
90641681
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
PohlWalter1953-
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
121711775
CONOR.SI ID
11182947
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Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11427145
DDB person (GND) ID
120126427
Databazeknih.cz author ID
54739
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
120126427
Diamond Catalog ID for persons and organisations
96310
Freebase ID
/m/026c6kc
IdRef ID
030257018
IxTheo authority ID
08046369X
KBR person ID
14603790
Libris-URI
sq47bkhb036m5bj
NL CR AUT ID
jn19990006612
NLP ID
a0000003352000
NSK (VIAF) ID
000042557
NSK ID
981005673077209366
NUKAT ID
n99013312
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007266511505171
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:a3M;=BH
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810625629805606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1318895
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
073997293
PUG authority ID
162684
Parsifal cluster ID
156045
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
148563
Prabook ID
1779847
SBN author ID
CFIV086306
SELIBR ID
276460
SHARE Catalogue author ID
223712
SVKKL authority ID
p0030529-Pohl-Walter-1953
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID
55799
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV11780520
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/104287
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJbGXKhtv9VGyVGKMmFYfq
Yale LUX ID
person/1e88ac26-a246-4620-ae9e-f85fab99a993

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🔗 Connections
Field of work 3
Migration Period, medieval studies, auxiliary science of history
Interested in 3
Germans, Migration Period, Early Middle Ages
Member of 3
Academia Europaea, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Medieval Academy of America
Occupation 3
historian, university teacher, medievalist
Award received 2
Wittgenstein-Prize, Kardinal-Innitzer-Preis
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
English, German
Country of citizenship 1
Austria
Doctoral advisor 1
Herwig Wolfram
Edited works 1
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Educated at 1
University of Vienna
Employer 1
University of Vienna
Family name 1
Pohl
Given name 1
Walter
Instance of 1
human
Place of birth 1
Vienna
Sex or gender 1
male
Teachers 1
Herwig Wolfram
Work location 1
Vienna
Writing language 1
German
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Summary

Walter Pohl was born on December 27, 1953[1], in Vienna[2]. He has worked as a medievalist[3], historian[4], and university teacher[5].

FAQs

Where was Walter Pohl born?

Walter Pohl's place of birth was Vienna[2].

What did Walter Pohl do for work?

Walter Pohl worked as a medievalist[3], historian[4], and university teacher[5].

Where did Walter Pohl go to school?

Walter Pohl was educated at University of Vienna[12].

What awards did Walter Pohl receive?

Honors received include Wittgenstein-Prize[14], Corresponding Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America[15], and Kardinal-Innitzer-Preis[16].

Related Entities

Austria auxiliary science of history medieval studies University of Vienna

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . themedievalacademyblog.org. Retrieved . themedievalacademyblog.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . kathpress.at. kathpress.at. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . www.ae-info.org. wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . themedievalacademyblog.org. Retrieved . themedievalacademyblog.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → p0030529-Pohl-Walter-1953
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  2. 26w ago · Bargioni · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Employer → University of Vienna
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