# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herman-kalckar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:50:16.795Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herman-kalckar"
name: "Herman Kalckar"
slug: "herman-kalckar"
description: "Herman Moritz Kalckar was a Danish biochemist who pioneered the study of cellular respiration. Kalckar made a number of significant contributions to the development of 20th century biochemistry including:a founder of bioenergetics;\nenzymology, including novel assay techniques;\ngalactose metabolism in both microorganisms and animal tissues;\nsuggestion that strontium-90 levels in children’s deciduous teeth correlated with nuclear testing."
tagline: "Danish biochemist (1908-1991)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/60/Hkalckar.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1908-03-26"
deathDate: "1991-05-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.86
  momentum:             10.58823529411765
  historical:           6.137041333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Калькар, Герман Мориц"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "هيرمان كالكار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "هرمان کالاکار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_M._Kalckar"
    title: "Herman M. Kalckar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Moritz_Kalckar"
    title: "Herman Moritz Kalckar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Kalckar"
    title: "Herman Kalckar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Kalckar"
    title: "Herman Kalckar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5739918"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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