# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/c-b-van-niel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:06:58.020Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/c-b-van-niel"
name: "C. B. van Niel"
slug: "c-b-van-niel"
description: "Cornelis Bernardus van Niel was a Dutch-American microbiologist. He introduced the study of general microbiology to the United States and made key discoveries explaining the chemistry of photosynthesis."
tagline: "Dutch-American microbiologist (1897–1985)"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1897-11-04"
deathDate: "1985-03-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.323949408404733
  historical:           19.01908
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump