# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernst-boerschmann
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:56:23.742Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernst-boerschmann"
name: "Ernst Boerschmann"
slug: "ernst-boerschmann"
description: "Ernst Boerschmann was a German architect, photographer, and sinologist known for his research on and photography of historical Chinese architecture. He was the first foreigner to systematically document China's religious architecture, compiling thousands of photographs, sketches, and architectural surveys over multiple trips to China in the first half of the twentieth century."
tagline: "German architect (1873–1949)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boerschmann_Portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Architects"
  slug: "architects"
profileType:
  name: "Architect"
  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1873-02-18"
deathDate: "1949-04-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.15
  momentum:             2.590673575129533
  historical:           4.608748
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ايرنست بويرستشمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Boerschmann"
    title: "Ernst Boerschmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Boerschmann"
    title: "Ernst Boerschmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Boerschmann"
    title: "Ernst Boerschmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%81%A9%E6%96%AF%E7%89%B9%C2%B7%E6%9F%8F%E7%9F%B3%E6%9B%BC"
    title: "恩斯特·柏石曼"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1357599"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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