# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/albert-de-la-chapelle
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:54:58.571Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/albert-de-la-chapelle"
name: "Albert de la Chapelle"
slug: "albert-de-la-chapelle"
description: "Albert Fredrik de la Chapelle, MD, Ph.D was a Finnish human geneticist, long-time head of Finland's first Department of Medical Genetics at the University of Helsinki, and subsequently professor of Human Cancer Genetics at Ohio State University. He was best known for his role in the elucidation of the genetics of hereditary colorectal cancer and Lynch syndrome."
tagline: "Finnish professor of medical genetics and academian of science (1933-2020)"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1933-02-11"
deathDate: "2020-12-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             10.89687726942629
  historical:           7.012024
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://medicine.osu.edu/cancer-biology-genetics/directory/faculty/de-la-chapelle-albert/pages/index.aspx"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "البرت دو لاشابيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "آلبرت دو لا چاپل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Albert de la Chapelle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_de_la_Chapelle"
    title: "Albert de la Chapelle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "알베르트 드 라 샤펠"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Albert de la Chapelle den yngre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump