# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hermann-joseph-klein
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:55:38.647Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hermann-joseph-klein"
name: "Hermann Joseph Klein"
slug: "hermann-joseph-klein"
description: "Hermann Joseph Klein was a German astronomer, author and professor. Born in Cologne, Germany on 14 September 1844, he attained his doctorate from the University of Cologne in 1874, and taught at the school. He was a member of the Selenographic Society and the crater Klein on the Moon is now named after him. In 1878 he claimed to have discovered a new crater on the Moon near Hyginus."
tagline: "German astronomer and meteorologist (1844–1914)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1844-09-14"
deathDate: "1914-07-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             9.999999999999998
  historical:           8.269510666666665
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Hermann Joseph Klein"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump