# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emil-wiechert
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:44:51.631Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/emil-wiechert"
name: "Emil Wiechert"
slug: "emil-wiechert"
description: "Emil Johann Wiechert was a German physicist and geophysicist who made many contributions to both fields, including presenting the first verifiable model of a layered structure of the Earth and being among the first to discover the electron. He went on to become the world's first Professor of Geophysics at the University of Göttingen."
tagline: "German geophysicist and seismologist (1861-1928)"
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birthDate: "1861"
deathDate: "1928-03-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump