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Henry Oldenburg

1619 - 1677

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Henry Oldenburg (also Henry Oldenbourg) (c. 1618 as Heinrich Oldenburg – 5 September 1677) was a German theologian, diplomat, and natural philosopher, known as one of the creators of modern scientific peer review. He was one of the foremost intelligencers of 17th-century Europe, with a network of correspondents to rival those of Fabri de Peiresc, Marin Mersenne, and Ismaël Boulliau. At the foundation of the Royal Society in London, he took on the task of foreign correspondence, as the first Secretary. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Oldenburg is the 8,408th most popular politician (up from 11,505th in 2019), the 2,319th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,456th in 2019) and the 693rd most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry Oldenburg ranks 8,408 out of 19,576. Before him are Thomas A. Hendricks, Sabinus Julianus, Zu Geng of Shang, Hrothgar, Branko Crvenkovski, and Charan Singh. After him are Yegor Gaidar, Tim Scott, Otto Henry, Elector Palatine, Saʽd ibn ʽUbadah, Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, and Vasco Gonçalves.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1619, Henry Oldenburg ranks 16. Before him are Anna Catherine Constance Vasa, Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, Philips Wouwerman, Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg, Philip de Koninck, and Wang Fuzhi. After him are Jacob Stainer, Matthias Weckmann, Johann Rosenmüller, Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz, Antoine Furetière, and Frederick Louis, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken. Among people deceased in 1677, Henry Oldenburg ranks 9. Before him are Angelus Silesius, Isaac Barrow, Barbara Strozzi, Wenceslaus Hollar, Antonio Maria Abbatini, and Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach. After him are William Louis, Duke of Württemberg, Aert van der Neer, William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, James Harrington, Robert Cambert, and Matthew Locke.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Henry Oldenburg ranks 2,320 out of 7,253. Before him are Ernst Gräfenberg (1881), August Leskien (1840), Carl Zuckmayer (1896), Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse (1787), Jan Assmann (1938), and Erich Rudorffer (1917). After him are Otto Henry, Elector Palatine (1502), Dieter Müller (1954), Nico Hülkenberg (1987), Johannes Franz Hartmann (1865), John II, Duke of Bavaria (1341), and Prince Franz of Bavaria (1875).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Henry Oldenburg ranks 693. Before him are Konstantin Hierl (1875), Gertrude of Saxony (1030), Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau (1869), Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906), Albert Bormann (1902), and Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1779). After him are Otto Henry, Elector Palatine (1502), John II, Duke of Bavaria (1341), Albert Forster (1902), Hanns Kerrl (1887), Anna of Brandenburg (1487), and Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1667).

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