# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gunther-wilke
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:24:43.251Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/gunther-wilke"
name: "Günther Wilke"
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description: "Günther Wilke was a German chemist who was influential in organometallic chemistry. He was the director of the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research from 1967–1992, succeeding Karl Ziegler in that post. During Wilke's era, the MPI made several discoveries and achieved some financial independence from patents and a gift from the Ziegler family. The institute continued as a center of excellence in organometallic chemistry."
tagline: "German chemist (1925–2016)"
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  isoCode: "DE"
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birthDate: "1925-02-23"
deathDate: "2016-12-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump