# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hans-von-gersdorff
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:49:26.082Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hans-von-gersdorff"
name: "Hans von Gersdorff"
slug: "hans-von-gersdorff"
description: "Hans von Gersdorff, also known as Schyl-Hans, was a German surgeon who published the Feldbuch der Wundarzney in 1517, with instructions for procedures such as amputation. It was illustrated with woodcuts attributed to Hans Wechtlin."
tagline: "German surgeon"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Gersdorff_Feldbuch_titel.jpg/330px-Gersdorff_Feldbuch_titel.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1455"
deathDate: "1529"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.80972
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_von_Gersdorff_(Mediziner)"
    title: "Hans von Gersdorff (Mediziner)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_von_Gersdorff"
    title: "Hans von Gersdorff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_von_Gersdorff"
    title: "Hans von Gersdorff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_von_Gersdorff"
    title: "Hans von Gersdorff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_von_Gersdorff"
    title: "Hans von Gersdorff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96093"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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