# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernst-dieffenbach
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:33:00.495Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernst-dieffenbach"
name: "Ernst Dieffenbach"
slug: "ernst-dieffenbach"
description: "Johann Karl Ernst Dieffenbach, also known as Ernest Dieffenbach, was a German medical doctor, geologist and naturalist, the first trained scientist to live and work in New Zealand, where he travelled widely under the auspices of the New Zealand Company, returning in 1841–42 and publishing in English his Travels in New Zealand in 1843."
tagline: "German physician, geologist and naturalist (1811-1855)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ernst_Dieffenbach.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1811-01-27"
deathDate: "1855-10-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.76
  momentum:             1.5311004784689
  historical:           8.742009333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ernst Dieffenbach"
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  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AE"
    title: "ارنست ديفنباخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Dieffenbach"
    title: "Ernst Dieffenbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Dieffenbach"
    title: "Ernst Dieffenbach"
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  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Dieffenbach"
    title: "Ernst Dieffenbach"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Dieffenbach"
    title: "Ernst Dieffenbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Dieffenbach"
    title: "Ernst Dieffenbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Dieffenbach"
    title: "Ernst Dieffenbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Dieffenbach"
    title: "Ernst Dieffenbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Dieffenbach"
    title: "Ernst Dieffenbach"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73286"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump