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Philippe Ebly

Belgian writer (1920–2014)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 16, 2025
Entity authorityQ3381038 ↗
Source-derived summary

Philippe Ebly (July 29, 1920 – March 1, 2014) was a Belgian science-fiction and fantasy writer born in Paris (France) and died in Liège.

Novel series

The Fantastic Conquerors Series (Les Conquérants de l'Impossible)

The Time Runaways Series (Les évadés du Temps)

The 4003 Patrol Series (Les Patrouilleurs de l'an 4003)

Publishing houses

French publishing houses

La Bibliothèque Verte (Hachette)

Les éditions Degliame

Temps Impossibles

Belgian publishing house

Les éditions Averbodes

Les éditions Luc Pire

References

External links

http://www.philippe-ebly.net/

http://www.tempsimpossible.com/ the new Philippe Ebly's editor.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Philippe Ebly” as belgian writer (1920–2014). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1920, 2014—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1920-07-29. The account is most persuasive where Philippe, Ebly and Belgian 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 belgian writer (1920–2014). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 16, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q3381038. VIAF identifies the subject as 85694369. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1920 and 2014.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. 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 “Philippe Ebly” 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.