# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peder-soerensen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:51:27.078Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peder-soerensen"
name: "Peder Soerensen"
slug: "peder-soerensen"
description: "Peder Sørensen (1542–1602), widely known by his Latinized name, Petrus Severinus, was a Danish physician, and one of the most significant followers of Paracelsus. His works include the major treatise Idea medicinae philosophicae (1571), which asserted the superiority of the ideas of Paracelsus to those of Galen. Severinus was a member of Denmark's intellectual elite. His education was supported by the Danish crown and his eventual appointment as royal physician conferred status and authority to his work and opinions. He was a contemporary and intellectual and personal associate of Tycho Brahe who likewise is associated with the evolution of chemistry during the seventeenth century. Daniel Sennert, a professor at Wittenberg wrote in 1619 that most chemical physicians followed the lead of Severinus and even referred to a “Severinian School” of medical theory, which was based on the philosophy of Paracelsus. Scholars including Jole Shackelford and Hiro Hirai have claimed that Severinus was an important predecessor of both Johann Baptista von Helmont and Pierre Gassendi."
tagline: "Danish physician"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1542"
deathDate: "1602-07-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             6.428571428571429
  historical:           6.80252
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Peder Sørensen (lege)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peder_S%C3%B8rensen_(l%C3%A6ge)"
    title: "Peder Sørensen (læge)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peder_S%C3%B8rensen"
    title: "Peder Sørensen"
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  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peder_S%C3%B8rensen"
    title: "Peder Sørensen"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peder_Soerensen"
    title: "Peder Soerensen"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peder_S%C3%B8rensen"
    title: "Peder Sørensen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peder_S%C3%B8rensen"
    title: "Peder Sørensen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peder_S%C3%B8rensen"
    title: "Peder Sørensen"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump