# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-descemet
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:25:54.669Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-descemet"
name: "Jean Descemet"
slug: "jean-descemet"
description: "Jean Descemet was a French physician and botanist (1732–1810) who first described what is now known as Descemet's membrane of the eye. He studied medicine in Paris and in 1759 he published a Catalog of the plants in the Garden of the Apothecaries in Paris according to their genera and the characteristics of their flowers, using Mr. Tournefort's method (1759). He is also known for his book Observations sur la choroide, which describes the choroid layer of the eye and was published in 1768 by L'Imprimerie Royale."
tagline: "French physician (1732-1810)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean_Descemet_1732%E2%80%941810.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1732-04-20"
deathDate: "1810-10-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.44
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.468502666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Descemet"
    title: "Jean Descemet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%87"
    title: "جان ديسميه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%96%CE%B1%CE%BD_%CE%9D%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%B5%CE%BC%CE%AD%CF%84"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Десцеме, Жан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Descemet"
    title: "Jean Descemet"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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