Hari Seldon

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fictional character human mathematician psychohistorian

Hari Seldon is a brilliant mathematician and creator of psychohistory in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series, whose predictive science shapes the fate of the Galactic Empire.

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Label Occurrences
Hari Seldon canonical 23

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
psychohistorian ⓘ
adoptiveChild Raych Seldon ⓘ
appearsIn Forward the Foundation ⓘ
Foundation ⓘ
Foundation and Empire ⓘ
Asimov universe ⓘ
surface form: Isaac Asimov's Foundation series

Prelude to Foundation ⓘ
Second Foundation ⓘ
associatedWith First Foundation ⓘ
Second Foundation ⓘ
child Raych Seldon ⓘ
citizenship Galactic Empire ⓘ
createdBy Isaac Asimov ⓘ
creatorOf psychohistory ⓘ
employer Streeling University ⓘ
fieldOfWork mathematics ⓘ
psychohistory ⓘ
firstAppearance Foundation (1951 novel) ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre science fiction character ⓘ
goal shorten the period of galactic chaos following the fall of the Galactic Empire ⓘ
hasConcept Seldon Crisis ⓘ
surface form: Seldon Crises

Seldon Plan ⓘ
homeworld Helikon ⓘ
surface form: Helicon
influences Foundation ⓘ
Galactic Empire ⓘ
Second Foundation ⓘ
inUniverseEra final centuries of the First Galactic Empire ⓘ
knownFor developing psychohistory ⓘ
formulating the Seldon Plan ⓘ
method statistical prediction of large populations ⓘ
narrativeRole architect of the Seldon Plan ⓘ
founder of the Foundation ⓘ
notableIdea predicting the future of large populations through psychohistory ⓘ
occupation mathematician ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
portrayedBy Jared Harris ⓘ
portrayedIn Foundation (TV series) ⓘ
positionHeld First Minister of the Galactic Empire ⓘ
residence Trantor ⓘ
spouse Dors Venabili ⓘ
studentOf Yugo Amaryl ⓘ
universe Foundation universe ⓘ
uses prime radiant ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Foundation → mainCharacter → Hari Seldon ⓘ
Foundation and Empire → featuresCharacter → Hari Seldon ⓘ
psychohistory → fictionalFounder → Hari Seldon ⓘ
psychohistory → developedByCharacter → Hari Seldon ⓘ
Seldon Plan → designedBy → Hari Seldon ⓘ
Seldon Plan → namedAfter → Hari Seldon ⓘ
The Psychohistorians → mainCharacter → Hari Seldon ⓘ
The Encyclopedists → mainCharacter → Hari Seldon ⓘ
The Encyclopedists → hasFictionalCharacter → Hari Seldon ⓘ
Forward the Foundation → mainCharacter → Hari Seldon ⓘ
Ebling Mis → admires → Hari Seldon ⓘ
Foundation versus the Mule → featuresCharacter → Hari Seldon ⓘ
Foundation Trilogy → mainCharacter → Hari Seldon ⓘ
Foundation universe → hasCharacter → Hari Seldon ⓘ
Trantor → associatedWith → Hari Seldon ⓘ
First Foundation → foundedBy → Hari Seldon ⓘ
Foundation (1942 short story) → centralCharacter → Hari Seldon ⓘ
Prime Radiant → notableUser → Hari Seldon ⓘ
Prelude to Foundation → mainCharacter → Hari Seldon ⓘ
Seldon Crisis → associatedWithCharacter → Hari Seldon ⓘ
Seldon Crisis → predictedBy → Hari Seldon ⓘ
Seldon Crisis → analyzedBy → Hari Seldon ⓘ
Foundation series (early stories) → featuresCharacter → Hari Seldon ⓘ