# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arnold-theiler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:19:04.114Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arnold-theiler"
name: "Arnold Theiler"
slug: "arnold-theiler"
description: "Sir Arnold Theiler KCMG Pour le Mérite is considered to be the father of veterinary science in South Africa. He was born in Frick, Canton Aargau, Switzerland. He received his higher education, and later qualified as a veterinarian, in Zurich. In 1891, Theiler travelled to South Africa and at first found employment as a farm worker on Irene Estates near Pretoria, owned by Nellmapius, but later that year started practising as a veterinarian."
tagline: "Swiss-South African veterinarian (1867-1936)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir_Arnold_Theiler_crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1867-03-26"
deathDate: "1936-07-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.04
  momentum:             0.8673469387755102
  historical:           7.007668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Arnold Theiler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Theiler"
    title: "Arnold Theiler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "أرنولد ثيلر"
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    title: "ارنولد تيلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Theiler"
    title: "Arnold Theiler"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Theiler"
    title: "Arnold Theiler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Theiler"
    title: "Arnold Theiler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Theiler"
    title: "Arnold Theiler"
    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