# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/heinrich-scherk
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:05:41.191Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/heinrich-scherk"
name: "Heinrich Scherk"
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description: "Heinrich Ferdinand Scherk was a German mathematician notable for his work on minimal surfaces and the distribution of prime numbers. He is also notable as the doctoral advisor of Ernst Kummer."
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birthDate: "1798-10-27"
deathDate: "1885-10-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump