# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johann-heinrich-samuel-formey
# Generated: 2026-08-16T09:09:15.060Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johann-heinrich-samuel-formey"
name: "Johann Heinrich Samuel Formey"
slug: "johann-heinrich-samuel-formey"
description: "Johann Heinrich Samuel Formey was a German churchman, educator, author, and journalist. The son of an immigrant French family, he preached, taught, and wrote in French. A founding member of the Berlin Academy, he wrote thousands of letters, popularized scientific and philosophical ideas, and also contributed to Diderot's Encyclopédie."
tagline: "German theologian (1711–1797)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Formey.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1711-05-31"
deathDate: "1797-03-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.46
  momentum:             5.526315789473684
  historical:           7.206336
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B9%2C_%D0%98%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Формей, Иоганн Генрих Самуэль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%89"
    title: "چوهان هينريخ سامويل فورمى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Henri_Samuel_Formey"
    title: "Jean Henri Samuel Formey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Heinrich_Samuel_Formey"
    title: "Johann Heinrich Samuel Formey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Heinrich_Samuel_Formey"
    title: "Johann Heinrich Samuel Formey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Heinrich_Samuel_Formey"
    title: "Johann Heinrich Samuel Formey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%94%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9A_%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99"
    title: "יוהאן היינריך סמואל פורמיי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Heinrich_Samuel_Formey"
    title: "Johann Heinrich Samuel Formey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88385"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump