# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/caspar-wistar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:49:26.699Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/caspar-wistar"
name: "Caspar Wistar"
slug: "caspar-wistar"
description: "Caspar Wistar was an American physician and anatomist. He is sometimes referred to as Caspar Wistar the Younger, to distinguish him from his grandfather of the same name. The plant genus Wisteria is named for him."
tagline: "American physician (1761-1818)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Caspar_Wistar.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1761-09-13"
deathDate: "1818-01-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.08
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.551945333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Caspar Wistar (bác sĩ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "كاسبر ويستار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "كاسبر ويستار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Wistar"
    title: "Caspar Wistar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Wistar_(physician)"
    title: "Caspar Wistar (physician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Wistar"
    title: "Caspar Wistar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC_(%E5%8C%BB%E5%B8%AB)"
    title: "キャスパー・ウィスター (医師)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q347595"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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