# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/donald-van-slyke
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:15:01.496Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/donald-van-slyke"
name: "Donald Van Slyke"
slug: "donald-van-slyke"
description: "Donald Dexter Van Slyke, nicknamed Van, was a Dutch American biochemist. His achievements included the publication of 317 journal articles and 5 books, as well as numerous awards, among them the National Medal of Science and the first AMA Scientific Achievement Award. The Van Slyke determination, a test of amino acids, is named after him."
tagline: "American chemist (1883-1971)"
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country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1883-03-29"
deathDate: "1971-05-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
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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