# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/armin-von-gerkan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:11:11.122Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/armin-von-gerkan"
name: "Armin von Gerkan"
slug: "armin-von-gerkan"
description: "Armin von Gerkan was a Baltic German classical archaeologist and member of an aristocratic family. He was an expert for archaeological building research and joint founder of Robert Johann Koldewey Society (Koldewey-Gesellschaft e.V.) in Berlin. Gerkan is a seminal figure in ancient architectural history. His report \"Griechische Stadtanlagen\" (1924) is still consulted today as a basic text for ancient city planning, and his methodology has been widely adopted."
tagline: "Baltic German classical archaeologist (1885–1969)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1884-11-30"
deathDate: "1969-12-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.139129333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_von_Gerkan"
    title: "Armin von Gerkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86_%DA%A4%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ارمين ڤون جيركان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_von_Gerkan"
    title: "Armin von Gerkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_von_Gerkan"
    title: "Armin von Gerkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_von_Gerkan"
    title: "Armin von Gerkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_von_Gerkan"
    title: "Armin von Gerkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm%C4%ABns_fon_Gerk%C4%81ns"
    title: "Armīns fon Gerkāns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q565598"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump