# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/friderich-martens
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:06:43.334Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/friderich-martens"
name: "Friderich Martens"
slug: "friderich-martens"
description: "Friderich Martens (1635–1699) was a German feldsher and naturalist who conducted the first scientific observations of the nature, animal life, and climate of Svalbard. He published his notes in the book \"Spitzbergische oder Groenlandische Reise-Beschreibung\", translated in English as \"Svalbard and Greenland Travelogue.\" This book became a reference work for many decades."
tagline: "German explorer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Martens_1675.jpg/330px-Martens_1675.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1635"
deathDate: "1699"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.85
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.469582666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Friderich Martens"
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    title: "فريديريتش مارتنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friederich_Martens"
    title: "Friederich Martens"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friderich_Martens"
    title: "Friderich Martens"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friderich_Martens"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friderich_Martens"
    title: "Friderich Martens"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump