# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/friedrich-clemens-gerke
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:26:19.708Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/friedrich-clemens-gerke"
name: "Friedrich Clemens Gerke"
slug: "friedrich-clemens-gerke"
description: "Friedrich Clemens Gerke was a German writer, journalist, musician and pioneer of telegraphy who revised the Morse code in 1848. It is Gerke's version of the original (American) Morse code now known as the International Morse code and standardized by the ITU which is used today."
tagline: "German journalist (1801–1888)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gerke.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1801"
deathDate: "1888"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.65
  momentum:             4.158415841584158
  historical:           9.416704000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Friedrich Clemens Gerke"
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  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4_%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "فريدريتش كليمينس جيرك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Friedrich Clemens Gerke"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Clemens_Gerke"
    title: "Friedrich Clemens Gerke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Clemens_Gerke"
    title: "Friedrich Clemens Gerke"
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  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Clemens_Gerke"
    title: "Friedrich Clemens Gerke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Clemens_Gerke"
    title: "Friedrich Clemens Gerke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Clemens_Gerke"
    title: "Friedrich Clemens Gerke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Clemens_Gerke"
    title: "Friedrich Clemens Gerke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Clemens_Gerke"
    title: "Friedrich Clemens Gerke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Clemens_Gerke"
    title: "Friedrich Clemens Gerke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64536"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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