# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elisabeth-schmid
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:32:08.205Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elisabeth-schmid"
name: "Elisabeth Schmid"
slug: "elisabeth-schmid"
description: "Elisabeth Schmid was a German archaeologist and osteologist. She is best known for her work concerning the prehistoric ivory statue, the lion-man, and for her book, Atlas of Animal Bones. Schmid was the first woman to serve as dean of the natural sciences faculty of the University of Basel. In 1953 she co-founded the Swiss Archaeological Society with Rudolf Laur-Belart."
tagline: "Geologist, paleontologist, archaeologist and prehistorian (1912-1994)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1912-07-17"
deathDate: "1994-03-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.270950666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Schmid"
    title: "Elisabeth Schmid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D8%B4%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "إليزابيث شميد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D8%B4%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "اليزابيث شميد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Schmid"
    title: "Elisabeth Schmid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Schmid_(Pr%C3%A4historikerin)"
    title: "Elisabeth Schmid (Prähistorikerin)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Schmid"
    title: "Elisabeth Schmid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15303643"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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