# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hennig-brand
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:29:32.392Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hennig-brand"
name: "Hennig Brand"
slug: "hennig-brand"
description: "Hennig Brand was a German alchemist who lived and worked in Hamburg. In 1669, Brand accidentally discovered the chemical element phosphorus while searching for the \"philosopher's stone\", a substance which was believed to transmute base metals into gold."
tagline: "German merchant"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hennig_Brand_(Joseph_Wright).jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1630"
deathDate: "1710"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             1.315563198624248
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump