# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/heinrich-august-pierer
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:07:24.785Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/heinrich-august-pierer"
name: "Heinrich August Pierer"
slug: "heinrich-august-pierer"
description: "Heinrich August Pierer was a German officer, lexicographer and publisher known particularly for his Universal-Lexikon der Gegenwart und Vergangenheit, a multi-volume encyclopedic dictionary first published in 1824 as Encyclopädisches Wörterbuch der Wissenschaften, Künste und Gewerbe. Bearbeitet von mehreren Gelehrten ; it is considered \"the first full-fledged modern general lexicon\"."
tagline: "German lexicographer and publisher"
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gender: "male"
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profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1794-02-26"
deathDate: "1850-05-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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    title: "هاينريش اوجست بيرير"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump