# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/albert-schatz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:45:17.341Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/albert-schatz"
name: "Albert Schatz"
slug: "albert-schatz"
description: "Albert Israel Schatz was an American microbiologist and academic who discovered streptomycin, the first antibiotic known to be effective for the treatment of tuberculosis. He graduated from Rutgers University in 1942 with a bachelor's degree in soil microbiology, and received his doctorate from Rutgers in 1945. His PhD research led directly to the discovery of streptomycin."
tagline: "American microbiologist (1920-2005)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ab/Albert_Schatz.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1920-02-02"
deathDate: "2005-01-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump