CACrown ArchivesThe cinema collection
Menu
Research dossier · General Reference

Jules Soccal

monegasque sailor

Cross-disciplinary reference desk with index cards, atlas, dictionary and catalogue
General referenceInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 27, 2024
Entity authorityQ96083109
Source-derived summary

Jules Soccal (10 August 1907 – 11 January 1976) was a Monegasque sailor. He competed in the Dragon event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Jules Soccal” is monegasque sailor. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Jules, Soccal and monegasque, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1907, 1976, 1960—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1907-08-10. For this dossier, Jules, Soccal and monegasque is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “monegasque sailor” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 27, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q96083109. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1907, 1976 and 1960.

Critical limits

The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. 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.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

Best used for
  • Subject orientation
  • Search vocabulary
  • Locating named sources
Verify next

The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Jules Soccal”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Jules Soccal primary sources, Jules Soccal archive and Jules research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Jules Soccal”?
  2. Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
  3. Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
Subject index

Search terms from this dossier

Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from Jules Soccal” 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.