# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carl-wilhelm-wirtz
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:16:38.716Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carl-wilhelm-wirtz"
name: "Carl Wilhelm Wirtz"
slug: "carl-wilhelm-wirtz"
description: "Carl Wilhelm Wirtz was an astronomer who studied astronomy at Bonn University (1895-1898) obtaining his doctorate there after which he spent his time between the Kiel Observatory in Germany and the Observatory of Strasbourg, France. He is known for statistically showing the existence of a redshift-distance correlation for spiral galaxies."
tagline: "German astronomer (1876–1939)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carl_W._Wirtz.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1876-08-24"
deathDate: "1939-02-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.406516
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Карл Вільгельм Віртц"
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    title: "كارل ويلهلم ويرتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Wilhelm_Wirtz"
    title: "Carl Wilhelm Wirtz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Wilhelm_Wirtz"
    title: "Carl Wilhelm Wirtz"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Wilhelm_Wirtz"
    title: "Carl Wilhelm Wirtz"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Wilhelm_Wirtz"
    title: "Carl Wilhelm Wirtz"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Wilhelm_Wirtz"
    title: "Carl Wilhelm Wirtz"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump