# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ignaz-venetz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:38:01.104Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ignaz-venetz"
name: "Ignaz Venetz"
slug: "ignaz-venetz"
description: "Ignaz (Ignace) Venetz was a Swiss engineer, naturalist, and glaciologist; as one of the first scientists to recognize glaciers as a major force in shaping the earth, he played a leading role in the foundation of glaciology."
tagline: "Swiss glaciologist (1788-1859)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ignaz_Venetz_1826_-_Wood_2014_p158.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1788-03-21"
deathDate: "1859-04-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.1
  momentum:             1.022727272727273
  historical:           9.406984000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ignaz Venetz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اجناز فينيتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ignaz Venetz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Venetz"
    title: "Ignaz Venetz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Venetz"
    title: "Ignaz Venetz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Venetz"
    title: "Ignaz Venetz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignace_Venetz"
    title: "Ignace Venetz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Venetz"
    title: "Ignaz Venetz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignace_Venetz"
    title: "Ignace Venetz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Venetz"
    title: "Ignaz Venetz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86%2C_%D0%98%D0%B3%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%86"
    title: "Венец, Игнац"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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