# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/friedrich-sigmund-merkel
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:16:43.994Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/friedrich-sigmund-merkel"
name: "Friedrich Sigmund Merkel"
slug: "friedrich-sigmund-merkel"
description: "Friedrich Sigmund Merkel was a leading German anatomist and histopathologist of the late 19th century. In 1875, he provided the first full description of Tastzellen, which occur in the skin of all vertebrates. They were subsequently given the eponym \"Merkel cells\" in 1878 by Robert Bonnet (1851–1921)."
tagline: "German anatomist (1845–1919)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Voit_181_Friedrich_Merkel.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1845-04-05"
deathDate: "1919-05-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.28
  momentum:             4.377358490566038
  historical:           9.813716
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "فريدريش سيغموند ميركل"
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    title: "Φρίντριχ Σίγκμουντ Μέρκελ"
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    title: "Friedrich Sigmund Merkel"
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    title: "Friedrich Sigmund Merkel"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Merkel"
    title: "Friedrich Merkel"
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    title: "Friedrich Sigmund Merkel"
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    title: "Friedrich Merkel"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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