# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/heinrich-von-stephan
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:17:33.840Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/heinrich-von-stephan"
name: "Heinrich von Stephan"
slug: "heinrich-von-stephan"
description: "Ernst Heinrich Wilhelm von Stephan was a general post director for the German Empire who reorganized the German postal service. He was integral in the founding of the Universal Postal Union in 1874, and in 1877 introduced the telephone to Germany."
tagline: "Postmaster (1831-1897)"
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gender: "male"
birthDate: "1831-01-07"
deathDate: "1897-04-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump