Zhang Heng

Chinese scientist and statesman (78–139)

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Identity & names

Family name: part of full name of person; Zhang
Birth name: full name of a person at birth, if different from their current, generally used name; 張衡

Life & background

Date of birth: date on which the subject was born; 0078-00-00
Date of death: date on which the subject died; January 1, 139
Country of citizenship: the object is a country that recognizes the subject as its citizen; Eastern Han
Place of birth: most specific known birth location of a person, animal or fictional character; Nanyang
Place of death: most specific known (e.g. city instead of country, or hospital instead of city) death location of a person, animal or fictional character; Luoyang

Other details

Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers ID: identifier for a person in the first edition of the Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers; 1527
CALIS ID: identifier for authority control per CALIS (China Academic Library & Information System); n2004064938
CERL Thesaurus ID: identifier in the Consortium of European Research Libraries Thesaurus; cnp01224636
CiNii Research ID: 19-digits identifier in CiNii Research; 1140563741751718656
Commons category: name of the Wikimedia Commons category containing files related to this item (without the prefix "Category:"); Zhang Heng
Commons gallery: name of the Wikimedia Commons gallery page(s) related to this item (is suitable to allow multiple links to more gallery pages); 張衡
courtesy name: name bestowed upon a person at adulthood in addition to one's given name, mostly in East Asia; 平子
ctext data entity ID: identifier for an entity in ctext's Data wiki; 680170
described by source: work where this item is described; Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
described by source: work where this item is described; Book of the Later Han
described by source: work where this item is described; Astronomers: A Biographical Reference
different from: item that is different from another item, with which it may be confused; Zhang Heng
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: identifier for an article in the online version of Encyclopædia Britannica; biography/Zhang-Heng
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID: identifier for an article in the online version of Encyclopedia of China (third edition); 185879
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID: identifier for an article in the online version of Encyclopedia of China (third edition); 529018
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID: identifier for an article in the online version of Encyclopedia of China (third edition); 447719
FAST ID: authority control identifier in WorldCat's “FAST Linked Data” authority file; 145904
field of work: specialization of a person or organization; see P106 for the occupation; mathematics
field of work: specialization of a person or organization; see P106 for the occupation; astronomy
field of work: specialization of a person or organization; see P106 for the occupation; seismology
GND ID: identifier from an international authority file of names, subjects, and organizations; 141317965
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (old version): identifier for an entry on old.bigenc.ru, the official site of the Great Russian Encyclopedia Online 2014–2017 (current version of bigenc.ru is P11514); 4685472
HKCAN ID: Hong Kong Chinese Authority (Name) ID; 9811105779603406
Krugosvet article (archived): link to article of Russian-language online encyclopedia; nauka_i_tehnika/matematika/CHZHAN_HEN.html
Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID: identifier for an entry in the Lur Hiztegi Entziklopedikoa (Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary); 05765/eu_t_2350/t2350
MacTutor biography ID: identifier of the person's biography in the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive; Zhang_Heng
Museo Galileo authority ID: numerical identifier for an authority record in the catalog of Museo Galileo; 171296
NACSIS-CAT author ID: identifier for book authors in NACSIS-CAT, the union catalog for university libraries and research institutions in Japan; DA0768498X
name in native language: name of a person in their native language; 張衡
Namuwiki ID: identifier of an article on Namuwiki; 장형(후한)
NLA Trove people ID: identifier for people or organizations per National Library of Australia (see also P409 for the older Libraries Australia identifier). Format: 5 to 7 digits.; 1347536
NLC authorities: identifier for a person per National Library of China; 000104028
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: identifier for an entry in the online release of the Online PWN Encyclopedia; 4001278
Open Library ID: identifier for a work ("W"), edition ("M") or author ("A") for book data of the Internet Archive; OL11718267A
religion or worldview: religion of a person, organization or religious building, or associated with this subject; Confucianism
sex or gender: sex or gender identity of human or animal. For human: male, female, non-binary, intersex, transgender female, transgender male, agender, etc. For animal: male organism, female organism. Groups of same gender use subclass of (P279); male
Shanghai Library person ID: identifier for persons in the Shanghai Library Open Data Platform; 7qzg0v5w3bcrj20a
signature: image of a person's signature; Zhang Heng.jpg
Te Papa agent ID: identifier assigned to a person or organisation by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa; 27771
topic's main category: main Wikimedia category; Category:Zhang Heng
WorldCat Entities ID: identifier for a person, work, place, historical period, or event from the WorldCat Entities linked data service; E39PBJxxj3jPGCYgwxh6B34g8C
‎Yale LUX ID: identifier for an entity in Yale's LUX cross collection knowledge graph; person/bae3e944-9725-438e-a2d7-8162e252beab
Zhihu topic ID: numeric id of topics (tags) of questions on Zhihu, a Chinese question-and-answer website; 19718389

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