# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frederic-lawrence-holmes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:24:44.850Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frederic-lawrence-holmes"
name: "Frederic Lawrence Holmes"
slug: "frederic-lawrence-holmes"
description: "Frederic Lawrence Holmes was an American historian of science, specifically of chemistry, medicine and biology. He was Avalon Professor of the History of Medicine at Yale University and was known for his work developing Yale's programs in history of science and medicine. His scholarship included notable studies of Claude Bernard, Antoine Lavoisier, Justus Liebig, Hans Adolf Krebs, Matthew Meselson, Franklin Stahl, and Seymour Benzer. He was awarded the George Sarton Medal for lifetime achievement in the history of science in 2000 and served as a president of the History of Science Society 1981–1982."
tagline: "American historian (1932-2003)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1932-02-06"
deathDate: "2003-03-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.291666666666666
  historical:           6.537581333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Холмс, Фредерик Лоуренс"
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    title: "فريدريك إل. هولمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فريدريك ال. هولمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_L._Holmes"
    title: "Frederic L. Holmes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_L._Holmes"
    title: "Frederic L. Holmes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_L._Holmes"
    title: "Frederic L. Holmes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_L._Holmes"
    title: "Frederic L. Holmes"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump