# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/augustus-volney-waller
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:57:27.601Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/augustus-volney-waller"
name: "Augustus Volney Waller"
slug: "augustus-volney-waller"
description: "Augustus Volney Waller FRS was a British neurophysiologist. He was the first to describe the degeneration of severed nerve fibers, now known as Wallerian degeneration."
tagline: "British neurophysicist (1816–1870)"
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birthDate: "1816-12-21"
deathDate: "1870-09-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             8.70967741935484
  historical:           9.805184
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump