# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/august-schenk
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:19:54.749Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/august-schenk"
name: "August Schenk"
slug: "august-schenk"
description: "Joseph August Schenk was an Austrian-born, German botanist and paleobotanist."
tagline: "German botanist and palaeontologist (1815-1891)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/August_Schenk_(1815-1892).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1815-04-17"
deathDate: "1891-03-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.58
  momentum:             13.84615384615384
  historical:           9.602952
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "August Schenk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%BA%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83"
    title: "أوغست شينك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83"
    title: "اوجست شينك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Schenk"
    title: "August Schenk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Schenk"
    title: "August Schenk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_August_Schenk"
    title: "Joseph August Schenk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Schenk"
    title: "August Schenk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Schenk"
    title: "Augustus Schenk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_August_Schenk"
    title: "Joseph August Schenk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%2C_%D0%90%D0%B2%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82_(%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA)"
    title: "Шенк, Август (ботаник)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_August_Schenk"
    title: "Joseph August Schenk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90825"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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