# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gustav-friedrich-waagen
# Generated: 2026-08-16T04:46:03.093Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gustav-friedrich-waagen"
name: "Gustav Friedrich Waagen"
slug: "gustav-friedrich-waagen"
description: "Gustav Friedrich Waagen was a German art historian. His opinions were greatly respected in England, where he was invited to give evidence before the royal commission inquiring into the condition and future of the National Gallery, for which he was a leading candidate to become director. He died on a visit to Copenhagen in 1868."
tagline: "German art historian (1794–1868)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gustav_friedrich_waagen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1794-02-11"
deathDate: "1868-07-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.61849710982659
  historical:           11.14780533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump