# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerard-krefft
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:27:43.299Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerard-krefft"
name: "Gerard Krefft"
slug: "gerard-krefft"
description: "Johann Ludwig (Louis) Gerard Krefft, was an Australian artist, draughtsman, scientist, and natural historian who served as the curator of the Australian Museum for 13 years (1861–1874). He was one of Australia's first and most influential palaeontologists and zoologists, \"some of [whose] observations on animals have not been surpassed and can no longer be equalled because of the spread of settlement."
tagline: "German-Australian zoologist and palaeontologist (1830-1881)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Krefft_Gerard_1830-1881.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1830-02-17"
deathDate: "1881-02-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.26
  momentum:             11.625
  historical:           9.615048
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%B0%E5%8B%92%E5%BE%B7%C2%B7%E5%85%8B%E9%9B%B7%E5%A4%AB%E7%89%B9"
    title: "杰勒德·克雷夫特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%AA"
    title: "جيرارد كريفت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Krefft"
    title: "Gerard Krefft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Krefft"
    title: "Gerard Krefft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Krefft"
    title: "Gerard Krefft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Krefft"
    title: "Gerard Krefft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardus_Krefft"
    title: "Gerardus Krefft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%84%D1%84%D1%82%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Креффт, Джерард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Ludwig_Gerard_Krefft"
    title: "Johann Ludwig Gerard Krefft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Krefft"
    title: "Gerard Krefft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%84%D1%84%D1%82"
    title: "Джерард Креффт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71350"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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