# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bernd-t-matthias
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:24:45.602Z

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name: "Bernd T. Matthias"
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description: "Bernd T. Matthias was a German-born American physicist credited with discoveries of hundreds of elements and alloys with superconducting properties. He was said to have discovered more elements and compounds with superconducting properties than any other scientist."
tagline: "American physicist (1918-1980)"
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birthDate: "1918-06-08"
deathDate: "1980-10-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump