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Harry de Keijser

Dutch sportsperson and athletics competitor (1900-1995)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ2781282 ↗
Source-derived summary

Harry de Keijser (11 September 1900 – 2 January 1995) was a Dutch athlete. He competed in three events at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Harry de Keijser” as dutch sportsperson and athletics competitor (1900-1995). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Harry, Keijser and Dutch.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1900, 1995, 1924—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1900-09-11. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Harry, Keijser and Dutch providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Harry de Keijser”, the useful work is to connect “dutch sportsperson and athletics competitor (1900-1995)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2781282. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1900, 1995 and 1924.

Critical limits

Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Harry de Keijser” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.