# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/august-kohler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:28:54.986Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/august-kohler"
name: "August Köhler"
slug: "august-kohler"
description: "August Karl Johann Valentin Köhler, was a German professor and early staff member of Carl Zeiss AG in Jena, Germany. He is best known for his development of the microscopy technique of Köhler illumination, an important principle in optimizing microscopic resolution power by evenly illuminating the field of view. This invention revolutionized light microscope design and is widely used in traditional as well as modern digital imaging techniques today."
tagline: "German scientist (1866–1948)"
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gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1866-03-04"
deathDate: "1948-03-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           7.408748
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "August Köhler"
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    title: "August Köhler"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump