# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-oldenburg
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:23:46.125Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-oldenburg"
name: "Henry Oldenburg"
slug: "henry-oldenburg"
description: "Henry Oldenburg was a German theologian, diplomat, and natural philosopher, known as one of the creators of modern scientific peer review. He was one of the foremost intelligencers of 17th-century Europe, with a network of correspondents to rival those of Fabri de Peiresc, Marin Mersenne, and Ismaël Boulliau. At the foundation of the Royal Society in London, he took on the task of foreign correspondence, as the first Secretary."
tagline: "German theologian"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1619"
deathDate: "1677-09-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump