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Louis Pesch

Luxembourgish cyclist (1904-1959)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 12, 2025
Entity authorityQ15637856 ↗
Source-derived summary

Louis Pesch (11 March 1904 – 22 February 1959) was a Luxembourgish cyclist. He competed in two events at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Louis Pesch” as luxembourgish cyclist (1904-1959). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Louis, Pesch and Luxembourgish.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1904, 1959, 1924—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1904-03-11. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Louis, Pesch and Luxembourgish providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 12, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q15637856. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1904, 1959 and 1924.

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This entry incorporates text from “Louis Pesch” 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.