# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johann-andreas-schmeller
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:22:52.241Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johann-andreas-schmeller"
name: "Johann Andreas Schmeller"
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description: "Johann Andreas Schmeller was a German philologist who initially studied the Bavarian dialect. From 1828 until his death he taught at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU). He is considered the founder of modern dialect research in Germany. His lasting contribution is the four-volume Bayerisches Wörterbuch, which is currently in the process of revision by the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities."
tagline: "German linguist (1785-1852)"
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birthDate: "1785-08-06"
deathDate: "1852-07-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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    url:       "http://www.schmellergesellschaft.de/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump