# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/agnes-quirk
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:57:34.681Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/agnes-quirk"
name: "Agnes Quirk"
slug: "agnes-quirk"
description: "Agnes J. Quirk (1884–1974) was an American bacteriologist, plant pathologist, and inventor. She oversaw the culturing of bacteria in the Laboratory of Plant Pathology at the United States Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Plant Industry. She received a patent for the production of penicillin mold and jelly in 1952."
tagline: "American botanist (1884-1974)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Agnes_J._Quirk.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1884"
deathDate: "1974"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.61
  momentum:             3.39622641509434
  historical:           6.802556
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Агнес Квірк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Agnes Quirk"
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    title: "Agnes J. Quirk"
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    title: "Agnes J. Quirk"
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  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_J._Quirk"
    title: "Agnes J. Quirk"
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  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_J._Quirk"
    title: "Agnes J. Quirk"
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    title: "ಅಗ್ನೆಸ್ ಜೆ. ಕ್ವಿರ್ಕ್"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_J._Quirk"
    title: "Agnes J. Quirk"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump