# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/friedrich-gustav-jakob-henle
# Generated: 2026-08-15T15:37:36.516Z

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name: "Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle"
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description: "Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle was a German physician, pathologist, and anatomist. He is credited with the discovery of the loop of Henle in the kidney. His essay, \"On Miasma and Contagia,\" was an early argument for the germ theory of disease. He was an important figure in the development of modern medicine."
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birthDate: "1809-07-19"
deathDate: "1885-05-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump