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Werner Hüllen

German university teacher and writer (1927-2008)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ1564942
Source-derived summary

Werner Hüllen (17 October 1927 – 13 April 2008) was a German lexicographer.

Life

He was born on 17 October 1927.

He died on 13 April 2008.

Career

He received his PhD from the University of Cologne.

He then worked as a grammar school teacher.

He finally became an applied linguist at the universities of Trier and Essen.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Werner Hüllen” as german university teacher and writer (1927-2008). 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—1927, 2008—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1927-10-17. The account is most persuasive where Werner, Hüllen and German 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 german university teacher and writer (1927-2008). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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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 May 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1564942. VIAF identifies the subject as 37014767. The Library of Congress control number is n82113125. 4 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1927 and 2008.

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This entry incorporates text from Werner Hüllen” 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.