18411916

18411916 is best understood as a shorthand notation for a person’s life span, written without spaces or punctuation as 1841–1916 (often rendered with an en dash as 1841–1916). In historical, genealogical, and biographical contexts, birth and death years are frequently recorded together to identify an individual and to distinguish them from others with similar names. The digits alone, 18411916, can appear in catalogs, OCR transcriptions, or data fields where the dash was omitted or lost, but the intended meaning is the interval between the year of birth and the year of death.

Usage and context

The notation is widely used in biographical dictionaries, encyclopedias, gravestones, library catalogs, and archival records. It provides a compact reference that helps readers quickly ascertain the historical period in which a person lived and the approximate era of their activities. When the full dates are known, they may be given alongside the years, but the birth–death format remains a standard shorthand.

Historical scope

The interval from 1841 to 1916 spans a period of significant change, including industrialization, social and political reform movements, and the early decades of modern science and technology. The year 1916 sits amid World War I era developments, while 1841 marks a mid-19th-century starting point for many people who contributed to industry, culture, and governance during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Notability

As a notation rather than a subject, 18411916 does not refer to a single individual or entity but to a formatting convention used to denote lifespans in historical records.