# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hugo-weidel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:02:52.376Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hugo-weidel"
name: "Hugo Weidel"
slug: "hugo-weidel"
description: "Hugo Weidel was a chemist from Austria-Hungary known for inventing Weidel's reaction and describing the structure of the organic compound nicotinic acid (niacin). For his achievements, Weidel received the Lieben Prize in 1880."
tagline: "Austrian chemist (1849–1899)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Weidel%2C_Hugo_(1849-1899).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1849-11-13"
deathDate: "1899-06-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.27
  momentum:             9
  historical:           7.204104
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Гуґо Вайдель"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هوجو وايدل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Weidel"
    title: "Hugo Weidel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Weidel"
    title: "Hugo Weidel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Weidel"
    title: "Hugo Weidel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Weidel"
    title: "Hugo Weidel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Weidel"
    title: "Hugo Weidel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%A5%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%BE"
    title: "Вайдель, Хуго"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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