# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henrik-harpestr-ng
# Generated: 2026-08-15T13:44:54.755Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henrik-harpestr-ng"
name: "Henrik Harpestræng"
slug: "henrik-harpestr-ng"
description: "Henrik Harpestræng was a Danish botanical and medical author. He was a canon at the Roskilde Cathedral. His name literally means harp string.\nHis greatest work was an urtebog, written in Danish. The book consists of 150 chapters dealing with plants and plant parts. The main body of text is probably translations from two Latin works, De Viribus Herbarum by a person who calls himself Aemilius Macer, but is rather Odo Magdunensis, and De gradibus liber by Constantinus Africanus. However, there are a good many sections of which Henrik Harpestræng is undoubtedly the original author. The book is also an invaluable source for Danish medieval plant names.\nThe best preserved copy of this manuscript dates from the 13th century - now kept in Stockholm."
tagline: "Danish botanist (1164-1244)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1164"
deathDate: "1244-04-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.42
  momentum:             8.68121442125237
  historical:           5.936321333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrik_Harpestreng"
    title: "Henrik Harpestreng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "هنريك هاربسترونج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrik_Harpestreng"
    title: "Henrik Harpestreng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrik_Harpestraeng"
    title: "Henrik Harpestraeng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrik_Harpestr%C3%A6ng"
    title: "Henrik Harpestræng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrik_Harpestreng"
    title: "Henrik Harpestreng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrik_Harpestreng"
    title: "Henrik Harpestreng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4405549"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump