# Fred Neufeld

> Fred (Friedrich) Neufeld was a physician and bacteriologist who discovered the pneumococcal types. This discovery led Fred Griffith to show that one pneumococcal type could be transformed into another. Subsequently, Oswald Avery demonstrated that the transforming substance was DNA. All modern molecular biology has evolved from this work.

*German physician*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/fred-neufeld

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Country:** Germany
- **Born:** 1869-02-17
- **Died:** 1945-04-18
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 38.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 16.8 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 4.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 25.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Fred Neufeld](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Neufeld)
- [Fred Neufeld](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Neufeld)
- [Fred Neufeld](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Neufeld)
- [Нойфельд, Фридрих](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%85)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5495988)

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