# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/colin-murdoch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:37:43.019Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/colin-murdoch"
name: "Colin Murdoch"
slug: "colin-murdoch"
description: "Colin Albert Murdoch was a New Zealand pharmacist and veterinarian who made a number of significant inventions, in particular the tranquilliser gun, the disposable hypodermic syringe and the child-proof medicine container. He had a total of 46 patents registered in his name."
tagline: "New Zealand pharmacist (1929-2008)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1929-02-06"
deathDate: "2008-05-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.882002666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Murdoch"
    title: "Colin Murdoch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AE"
    title: "كولين مردوخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Murdoch"
    title: "Colin Murdoch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%91%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BA%2C_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD_(%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%82)"
    title: "Мёрдок, Колин (фармацевт)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Murdoch"
    title: "Colin Murdoch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF"
    title: "コリン・アルバート・マードック"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q899162"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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