# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rene-oberthur
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:55:50.312Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rene-oberthur"
name: "René Oberthür"
slug: "rene-oberthur"
description: "René Oberthür was a French entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.\nWith his brother Charles Oberthür he worked in \"Imprimerie Oberthür\" the very successful printing business founded by his father François-Charles Oberthür.\nRené and Charles supplied free bibles, missals, catechisms and other printwork to missionaries in exchange for insect specimens. In addition they purchased on a large scale, acquiring almost all the large collections sold during their lifetime."
tagline: "French entomologist (1852–1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ren%C3%A9_Oberth%C3%BCr_(mus%C3%A9e_de_Bretagne).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1852-04-14"
deathDate: "1944-04-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.48
  momentum:             5.371621621621622
  historical:           6.336429333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Oberth%C3%BCr"
    title: "René Oberthür"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "رينيه اوبرثور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Oberth%C3%BCr"
    title: "René Oberthür"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Oberth%C3%BCr"
    title: "René Oberthür"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Oberth%C3%BCr"
    title: "René Oberthür"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Oberth%C3%BCr"
    title: "René Oberthür"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D1%8E%D1%80%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5"
    title: "Обертюр, Рене"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3426696"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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