# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dietrich-ludwig-gustav-karsten
# Generated: 2026-08-15T18:03:04.323Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dietrich-ludwig-gustav-karsten"
name: "Dietrich Ludwig Gustav Karsten"
slug: "dietrich-ludwig-gustav-karsten"
description: "Dietrich Ludwig Gustav Karsten was a German mineralogist. Among the most notable of Karsten's writings is a mineralogy book published in 1789 when he was only 21 years old. In later years Karsten held senior government positions in mining and mineralogy in the Kingdom of Prussia at Berlin."
tagline: "German geologist and mineralogist (1768-1810)"
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gender: "male"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1768-04-05"
deathDate: "1810-05-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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    title: "Дітріх Людвіг Густав Карстен"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump