# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rudolf-vierhaus
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:22:37.861Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rudolf-vierhaus"
name: "Rudolf Vierhaus"
slug: "rudolf-vierhaus"
description: "Rudolf Vierhaus was a German historian who mainly researched the Early modern period. He had been a professor at the newly founded Ruhr University Bochum since 1964. From 1971, he was director of the Max-Planck-Institut für Geschichte in Göttingen. He became known for his research on the Age of Enlightenment."
tagline: "German historian (1922-2011)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1922-10-29"
deathDate: "2011-11-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.141109333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Vierhaus"
    title: "Rudolf Vierhaus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "رودولف فيرهاوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Vierhaus"
    title: "Rudolf Vierhaus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Vierhaus"
    title: "Rudolf Vierhaus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Vierhaus"
    title: "Rudolf Vierhaus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Vierhaus"
    title: "Rudolf Vierhaus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Vierhaus"
    title: "Rudolf Vierhaus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118812"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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