# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ferdinand-zirkel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:14:45.126Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ferdinand-zirkel"
name: "Ferdinand Zirkel"
slug: "ferdinand-zirkel"
description: "Prof Ferdinand Zirkel FRS(For) HFRSE was a German geologist and petrographer."
tagline: "German geologist (1838–1912)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ferdinand_Zirkel_1838-1912.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1838-05-20"
deathDate: "1912-06-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.956521739130435
  historical:           14.67260666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Ferdinand Zirkel"
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    title: "Ferdinand Zirkel"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ferdinand Zirkel"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump