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Paul Duvivier

French journalist

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 15, 2024
Entity authorityQ19801075 ↗
Source-derived summary

Paul Auloge-Duvivier, known as Paul Duvivier, (19 July 1869 – 1956), was a French journalist at Lyon. He was also consul of Colombia at Lyon. He was the founder of the newspaper Tout Lyon.

There is a street named Paul Duvivier at Lyon.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Paul Duvivier” as french journalist. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1869, 1956—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1869-07-19. The account is most persuasive where Paul, Duvivier and French can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as french journalist. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 15, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q19801075. VIAF identifies the subject as 49356275. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1869 and 1956.

Critical limits

Later biographies can compress uncertainty and repeat inherited reputations, so apparently settled claims may still require comparison. 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

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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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  2. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
  3. Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
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This entry incorporates text from “Paul Duvivier” 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.