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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Oldenburg has received more than 141,673 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Henry Oldenburg is the 11,507th most popular politician (up from 11,838th in 2019), the 3,456th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,521st in 2019) and the 982nd most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry Oldenburg ranks 11,507 out of 19,576. Before him are Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg, Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Aleksandar Malinov, Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin, Sourou-Migan Apithy, and Abel Pacheco. After him are Hemu, Ali Akbar Velayati, Zhang Tingyu, Rickard Sandler, Godegisel, and Johann Georg Hiedler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1619, Henry Oldenburg ranks 22. Before him are Philip de Koninck, Matthias Weckmann, Frederick Louis, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Johann Rosenmüller, Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz, and Marcantonio Giustinian. After him are Otto Marseus van Schrieck, and Antoine Furetière. Among people deceased in 1677, Henry Oldenburg ranks 14. Before him are Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, William Louis, Duke of Württemberg, Aert van der Neer, William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, James Harrington, and Robert Cambert. After him is Matthew Locke.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Henry Oldenburg ranks 3,456 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg (1836), Max Jakob Friedländer (1867), Eric IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1354), Helmut Jahn (1940), Brunhilde Pomsel (1911), and Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg (1829). After him are Carl Diem (1882), Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen (1879), Bernhard Cullmann (1949), Karin Balzer (1938), Karl Mai (1928), and Anna Maria of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen (1532).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Henry Oldenburg ranks 982. Before him are Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg (1838), Günter Verheugen (1944), Otto Gessler (1875), John Albert II (1590), Eric IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1354), and Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg (1829). After him are Anna Maria of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen (1532), Paul Reinecke (1872), Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau (1682), Edzard I, Count of East Frisia (1462), Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1576), and Friedrich Dickel (1913).

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