# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/istvan-apathy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:14:45.362Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/istvan-apathy"
name: "István Apáthy"
slug: "istvan-apathy"
description: "István Apáthy, also known as Stephan Apáthy (1863–1922), was a Hungarian zoologist and histologist, known for his work in medical science and microscope technique. He particularly studied neurofibrils, and was known for improving microscopic techniques for dealing with tissue samples. Apáthy was a professor at the Franz Joseph University. He also theorized on the \"social and political aspects\" of eugenics."
tagline: "Hungarian zoologist (1863-1922)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Istv%C3%A1n_Ap%C3%A1thy_(1863-1922)_Hungarian_zoologist.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1863-01-04"
deathDate: "1922-09-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.37
  momentum:             1.03448275862069
  historical:           7.002304000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "István Apáthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Ap%C3%A1thy"
    title: "István Apáthy"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Ap%C3%A1thy"
    title: "István Apáthy"
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    title: "István Apáthy"
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  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ap%C3%A1thy_Istv%C3%A1n_(zool%C3%B3gus)"
    title: "Apáthy István (zoológus)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Ap%C3%A1thy"
    title: "István Apáthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Ap%C3%A1thy"
    title: "István Apáthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Ap%C3%A1thy"
    title: "István Apáthy"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump