# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jakob-von-uexkull
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:54:15.115Z

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name: "Jakob von Uexküll"
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description: "Jakob Johann Freiherr von Uexküll was a Baltic German biologist who worked in the fields of muscular physiology and animal behaviour studies and was an influence on the cybernetics of life. However, his most notable contribution is the notion of Umwelt, used by semiotician Thomas Sebeok and philosopher Martin Heidegger. His works established biosemiotics as a field of research."
tagline: "Baltic German biologist, zoologist, and philosopher (1864-1944)"
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birthDate: "1864-09-08"
deathDate: "1944-07-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump