# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johann-august-ephraim-goeze
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:58:10.696Z

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name: "Johann August Ephraim Goeze"
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description: "Johann August Ephraim Goeze was a German pastor and zoologist, born in Aschersleben. He translated numerous works on zoology into German and conducted microscopic observations on organisms. He is best known for the discovery of tardigrades in 1773, which he called \"water bears\"."
tagline: "German entomologist, discoverer of Tardigrada (1731-1793)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1731-05-28"
deathDate: "1793-06-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump