# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/franciscus-sylvius
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:25:51.845Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/franciscus-sylvius"
name: "Franciscus Sylvius"
slug: "franciscus-sylvius"
description: "Franciscus Sylvius was a Dutch physician and scientist who was an early champion of Descartes', Van Helmont's and William Harvey's work and theories. He was one of the earliest defenders of the theory of circulation of the blood in the Netherlands, and commonly falsely cited as the inventor of gin – others pinpoint the origin of gin to Italy."
tagline: "Dutch physician and chemist of Leyden, Netherlands"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Franciscus_Sylvius_and_his_Wife.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1614-03-15"
deathDate: "1672-11-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.18211333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Franciscus Sylvius"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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