# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eugen-herrigel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:43:54.456Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eugen-herrigel"
name: "Eugen Herrigel"
slug: "eugen-herrigel"
description: "Eugen Herrigel was a German philosopher, born in Lichtenau. He taught philosophy at Tohoku Imperial University in Sendai, Japan, from 1924 to 1929 and introduced Zen to large parts of Europe through his writings."
tagline: "German philosopher (1884–1955)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eugen_Herrigel_(1922).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
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  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1884-03-20"
deathDate: "1955-04-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "オイゲン・ヘリゲル"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_Herrigel"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump