# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gustavus-detlef-hinrichs
# Generated: 2026-08-15T13:52:17.175Z

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name: "Gustavus Detlef Hinrichs"
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description: "Gustavus Detlef Hinrichs was a chemist and natural philosopher most widely known for his findings on periodic laws within the chemical elements. Born in the Duchy of Holstein, which at that time was under the rule of Denmark he emigrated to the United States in 1860 he became a professor of natural philosophy, chemistry, and modern languages at the University of Iowa. He was first to identify and name the straight-line storm phenomenon he called the \"derecho\", founded the Iowa Weather Service, the first state weather and crop service and described the Amana Meteorites from 1875 and 1879."
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birthDate: "1836-12-02"
deathDate: "1923-02-14"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump