# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johann-friedrich-meckel-the-elder
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:28:54.659Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johann-friedrich-meckel-the-elder"
name: "Johann Friedrich Meckel, the Elder"
slug: "johann-friedrich-meckel-the-elder"
description: "Johann Friedrich Meckel the Elder was a German anatomist born in Wetzlar. He often has \"the Elder\" appended to his name to avoid confusion with his famous grandson Johann Friedrich Meckel (1781–1833), who was also an anatomist and often has \"the Younger\" included with his name. The elder Meckel's son, Philipp Friedrich Theodor Meckel (1755–1803) and another grandson, August Albrecht Meckel (1790–1829) were also anatomists."
tagline: "German anatomist (1724-1774)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johann_Friedrich_Meckel_(1724%E2%80%931774).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1724-07-31"
deathDate: "1774-09-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.59
  momentum:             0.4347826086956523
  historical:           7.206912
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Friedrich_Meckel_den_%C3%A4ldre"
    title: "Johann Friedrich Meckel den äldre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Friedrich_Meckel"
    title: "Johann Friedrich Meckel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Friedrich_Meckel%2C_the_Elder"
    title: "Johann Friedrich Meckel, the Elder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Friedrich_Meckel%2C_l'Ancien"
    title: "Johann Friedrich Meckel, l'Ancien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Friedrich_Meckel_il_Vecchio"
    title: "Johann Friedrich Meckel il Vecchio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_F._Meckel_den_eldre"
    title: "Johann F. Meckel den eldre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_F._Meckel_den_eldre"
    title: "Johann F. Meckel den eldre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Friedrich_Meckel%2C_o_Velho"
    title: "Johann Friedrich Meckel, o Velho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70882"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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