Henry Oldenburg
1619 - 1677
- Born
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c.1619
Free and imperial city of Bremen, Europe
- Died
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5 September 1677
Pall Mall, London, England, Europe
- Nationality
- German
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 22/04/1663
- Occupation
- Administrator; Publisher; Translator
- Relationships
- Parents: Heinrich Oldenburg (d.1634) Married: 1) Dorothy West (c.1623-1665) 2) Dora Katherina Durie (originally his ward; 1654-1677) Children: Sophia Oldenburg (b.1672) and Rupert Oldenburg (1675-1724)
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- Wikipedia
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Author of
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Translation, 'A description of a new kind of candle-stick' by Christian Huygens
Creator: Henry Oldenburg Reference number: CLP/3i/10 -
Paper, 'Two rainbows counterchanged; the lowermost doubly whyed [wide] downwards, and colored in the same order as the second' by Henry Oldenburg
Creator: Henry Oldenburg Reference number: CLP/7i/30 -
Paper, 'On calculating longitudes' by Henry Oldenburg
Creator: Henry Oldenburg Reference number: CLP/8i/16 -
Paper, calculations to show 'several angles of the vertical circle with the Ecliplick at the suns center' at certain times by T S
Creator: Henry Oldenburg Reference number: CLP/8i/20 -
Paper, 'Experimentum quod ostendesce videtur, liquorem quendam, alkaheste analogum, in animalibus reperiri' by H [Henry] Oldenburg
Creator: Henry Oldenburg Reference number: CLP/14i/2 -
Paper, 'Several things to be further desired from [Robert] Vernatti' by Henry Oldenburg
Creator: Henry Oldenburg Reference number: CLP/19/5
Referee of
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Paper, regarding a theory of the size of the Earth by unknown author
Reference number: CLP/7i/25
Recipient of
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Paper, 'Some new experiments about light and aire' by Robert Boyle
Creator: Robert Boyle Reference number: CLP/4i/20 -
Paper, 'Eclipsis solaris observata 1666 die 2 July' [Observations of the solar eclipse on 2 July 1666] by Johannes Hevelius
Creator: Johannes Hevelius Reference number: CLP/8i/15 -
Letter, 'Description of a fiery meteor seen at Danzig' from Johannes Hevelius to to Henry Oldenburg
Reference number: CLP/8i/26 -
Paper, observations of Saturn with figures of sunspots and division in ring of Saturn by [Jean Dominique] Cassini
Creator: Jean Dominique Cassini Reference number: CLP/8i/32 -
Paper, 'An account of the husbandry used in some parts of Dorsetshire' by Robert Seymour
Reference number: CLP/10iii/10
Most frequently corresponded with
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Robert Boyle
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Johannes Hevelius
93 letters