18821927

18821927 is a numeric sequence that is most often encountered in written records as a shorthand for a date range, specifically the years 1882 and 1927. In biographical references, the form birth year–death year is standard; when presented as 1882–1927, it denotes a person born in 1882 who died in 1927. The compact form 18821927 lacks punctuation and is ambiguous without context, so it is generally avoided in formal texts.

Beyond individual lifespans, the same range can denote the period during which an organization, movement, or technological phase was active. For example, a journal or company might be described as operating from 1882 to 1927. Historians use precise ranges to frame events, such as cataloging works produced within that interval or delineating the core years of a historical era.

In bibliographic and archival practice, standard date notation uses an en dash (1882–1927) or parentheses (born 1882, died 1927) to avoid misinterpretation. The juxtaposition of two years attached together, 18821927, is more likely to appear in machine-readable data or catalog numbers, where delimiters are omitted.

Overall, 18821927 serves as a compact representation that requires contextual explanation to convey a lifespan or active period correctly. See also date formatting, lifespan notation, and chronological ranges.