18941937

18941937 is a string of digits that most commonly functions as an abbreviated form of a lifespan, representing the years 1894 to 1937. In standard biographical writing, the birth and death years are typically separated by an en dash, as in Name (1894–1937). When written without separators, 18941937 can appear as a catalog identifier, a file name, or a data key in databases where years are encoded together.

If interpreted as a life span, a person born in 1894 would have come of age around World War I and would have lived through the interwar period, the cultural shifts of the 1920s, and the early years of the Great Depression. The exact influence and activity of such a person would depend on their nationality, profession, and historical context, potentially spanning fields like literature, science, art, or politics.

In bibliographic and archival practice, the standard punctuation helps distinguish birth and death years from other numeric data. Systems that strip punctuation or use compact identifiers may store the same information as a concatenated string, such as 18941937, to serve as a unique key, filename, or metadata tag.

See also: Lifespan notation, 1894, 1937.