Search and insert biographical data from deutsche-biographie.de.
This plugin will let you search for historical biographical data and let you generate a bio-page in markdown, intended for use with Obsidian-MD.
Right now, it is only planned to include deusche-biographie.de as a provider of data, but perhaps there will be more added – feel free to suggest them.
Install the plugin by copying it into your plugins folder in your vault and activate it, or install it via the plugin-browser (not yet available).
- Use the command Historical Query to open up the search modal
- Enter your search string: Ideally stick to Lastname, Firstname – but anything goes.
- The weighted search results are displayed from oldest to youngest person.
- If your search term is very broad (e.g. Johann or Maria), then the search results will take a bit to process. Dont worry.
- Select your entry and hit enter or click on it, and it will be saved as a markdown file.
Using the Deutsche Biographie-API is subject to their licenses:
- articles of "Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB)": CC-BY-NC-SA attribution to "Deutsche Biographie",
- articles of "Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB)": CC-BY-NC-ND attribution to "Deutsche Biographie",
- allmetadata is CC0.