# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hans-horst-meyer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:09:24.753Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hans-horst-meyer"
name: "Hans Horst Meyer"
slug: "hans-horst-meyer"
description: "Hans Horst Meyer was a German pharmacologist. He studied medicine and did research in pharmacology. The Meyer-Overton hypothesis on the mode of action on general anaesthetics is partially named after him. He also discovered the importance of glucuronic acid as a reaction partner for drugs, and the mode of action of tetanus toxin on the body."
tagline: "German pharmacologist (1853–1939)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hans_Horst_Meyer_in_Wien_etwa_1930.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1853-03-17"
deathDate: "1939-10-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.76
  momentum:             10.38461538461538
  historical:           5.471346666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Hans Horst Meyer"
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  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "هانس هورست ماير"
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    title: "هانس هورست ماير"
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  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Horst_Meyer"
    title: "Hans Horst Meyer"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Horst_Meyer"
    title: "Hans Horst Meyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Horst_Meyer"
    title: "Hans Horst Meyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89444"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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