# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fanny-hesse
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:56:05.753Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fanny-hesse"
name: "Fanny Hesse"
slug: "fanny-hesse"
description: "Fanny Hesse is best known for her work in microbiology alongside her husband, Walther Hesse. Following her initial suggestion of using agar as an alternative to gelatin, they were instrumental in pioneering agar's usage as a common gelling agent for producing media capable of culturing microorganisms at high temperatures (see agar plate)."
tagline: "German biologist (1850-1934)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fanny_Eilshemius_Hesse.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1850-06-22"
deathDate: "1934-12-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.74
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.09514266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "范妮·黑塞"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Fanny Hesse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Fanny Angelina Hesse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Fanny Hesse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Hesse"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فنی هسه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Fanny Hesse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Hesse"
    title: "Fanny Hesse"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump