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Henry Oldenburg: Shaping the Royal Society

Henry Oldenburg: Shaping the Royal Society Book Reviews / Early Science and Medicine 12 (2007) 91-116 107 Marie Boas Hall, Henry Oldenburg : Shaping the Royal Society (Oxford: Oxford Univer- sity Press, 2002), pp. xii+369 £60.00 (hardback) ISBN 0 19 851053 6. A biography dedicated to Henry Oldenburg can only be received with gratitude by scholars dealing with the origins of modern science, and all the more so when the biog- rapher is a historian of the calibre of Marie Boas Hall who, together with her husband, edited the thirteen volumes of the Correspondence of Henry Oldenburg and therefore possesses considerable firsthand knowledge of the primary sources. Indeed, this biogra- phy fills a gap, for despite the vital role he played in the Royal Society, Oldenburg has always remained in the background—an almost invisible figure about whose human and intellectual profile little or nothing is known, especially concerning the early years of his life. And yet, without Oldenburg’s untiring commitment, it is unlikely that the Royal Society would have had the institutional solidity and continuity that it acquired through the years. Born in Bremen in 1619, Oldenburg earned a Master’s degree in theolog y. He went to England for the first time in 1653 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Early Science and Medicine Brill

Henry Oldenburg: Shaping the Royal Society

Giudice, Franco
Early Science and Medicine , Volume 12 (1): 107 – Jan 1, 2007
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© 2007 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1383-7427
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Book Reviews / Early Science and Medicine 12 (2007) 91-116 107 Marie Boas Hall, Henry Oldenburg : Shaping the Royal Society (Oxford: Oxford Univer- sity Press, 2002), pp. xii+369 £60.00 (hardback) ISBN 0 19 851053 6. A biography dedicated to Henry Oldenburg can only be received with gratitude by scholars dealing with the origins of modern science, and all the more so when the biog- rapher is a historian of the calibre of Marie Boas Hall who, together with her husband, edited the thirteen volumes of the Correspondence of Henry Oldenburg and therefore possesses considerable firsthand knowledge of the primary sources. Indeed, this biogra- phy fills a gap, for despite the vital role he played in the Royal Society, Oldenburg has always remained in the background—an almost invisible figure about whose human and intellectual profile little or nothing is known, especially concerning the early years of his life. And yet, without Oldenburg’s untiring commitment, it is unlikely that the Royal Society would have had the institutional solidity and continuity that it acquired through the years. Born in Bremen in 1619, Oldenburg earned a Master’s degree in theolog y. He went to England for the first time in 1653

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