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Cornelis Kalkman

Dutch botanist (1928–1998)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 12, 2023
Entity authorityQ5199552 ↗
Source-derived summary

Cornelis Kalkman (5 May 1928 in Delft – 19 January 1998, Leiden) was a Dutch botanist.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Cornelis Kalkman” is dutch botanist (1928–1998). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Cornelis, Kalkman and Dutch, 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—1928, 1998—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1928-05-05, 1928-01-01—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. For this dossier, Cornelis, Kalkman and Dutch is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “dutch botanist (1928–1998)” 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

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 Jan 12, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q5199552. VIAF identifies the subject as 45924113. The Library of Congress control number is n90659723. 4 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1928 and 1998.

Critical limits

The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. 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.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Cornelis Kalkman”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Cornelis Kalkman primary sources, Cornelis Kalkman archive and Cornelis 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.

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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Cornelis Kalkman” 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.