# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-reitzenstein
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:14:32.109Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-reitzenstein"
name: "Richard Reitzenstein"
slug: "richard-reitzenstein"
description: "Richard August Reitzenstein was a German classical philologist and scholar of Ancient Greek religion, hermetism and Gnosticism. He is described by Kurt Rudolph as “one of the most stimulating Gnostic scholars.” With Wilhelm Bousset, he was one of the major figures of the Religionsgeschichtliche Schule."
tagline: "German classical philologist and historian of religion (1861–1931)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1861-04-02"
deathDate: "1931-03-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump