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His pioneering scientific work, the development of experimental methods and repeatable demonstrations on the physics of the vacuum, atmospheric pressure, electrostatic repulsion, his advocacy for the reality of \"action at a distance\" and of \"absolute space\" were noteworthy contributions for the advancement of the Scientific Revolution.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"20 November 1602","date":"1602-11-20"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60095#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Magdeburg","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1733"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60095#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"11 May 1686","date":"1686-05-11"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60095#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Hamburg","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1055"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60095#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Germany","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60095#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"physicist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q169470"},{"text":"inventor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205375"},{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"jurist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185351"},{"text":"engineer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81096"},{"text":"instrument maker","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2341443"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60095#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Leipzig University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q154804"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60095#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"mayor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30185"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60095#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_von_Guericke","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60095"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Otto von Guericke born?","a":"Otto von Guericke was born on 20 November 1602 in Magdeburg."},{"q":"What positions has Otto von Guericke held?","a":"Positions held by Otto von Guericke include: mayor."},{"q":"Where did Otto von Guericke study?","a":"Otto von Guericke was educated at Leipzig University."}],"related":[{"name":"Andrew Johnson","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/andrew-johnson"},{"name":"Ehud Olmert","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ehud-olmert"},{"name":"Hussein Khalidi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hussein-khalidi"},{"name":"Ekrem İmamoğlu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ekrem-imamoglu"},{"name":"Nir Barkat","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nir-barkat"},{"name":"Bill Haslam","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bill-haslam"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/otto-von-guericke-d9e5162d17.jpg","width":500,"height":770,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Anselm van Hulle, 1601-1674","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Otto_von_Guericke_portrait.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Otto von Guericke","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_von_Guericke","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q60095","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60095","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Otto von Guericke portrait.jpg by Anselm van Hulle, 1601-1674 (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Otto_von_Guericke_portrait.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Otto von Guericke, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Otto von Guericke portrait.jpg — Anselm van Hulle, 1601-1674, Public domain.","cite":"\"Otto von Guericke\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/otto-von-guericke. Retrieved 15 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T10:00:46Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-15","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/otto-von-guericke","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/otto-von-guericke","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/otto-von-guericke?lang=ne"}}