# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernest-fourneau
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:15:48.168Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernest-fourneau"
name: "Ernest Fourneau"
slug: "ernest-fourneau"
description: "Ernest Fourneau was a French pharmacist who graduated in 1898 for the Paris university specialist in medicinal chemistry and pharmacology. He played a major role in the discovery of synthetic local anesthetics such as amylocaine, as well as in the synthesis of suramin. He authored more than two hundred scholarly works, and has been described as having \"helped to establish the fundamental laws of chemotherapy that have saved so many human lives\"."
tagline: "French scientist (1872-1949)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ernest_Fourneau%2C_vers_1930.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1872-10-04"
deathDate: "1949-08-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.743341333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Ernest Fourneau"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump