# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johann-gerhard-konig
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:37:10.635Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johann-gerhard-konig"
name: "Johann Gerhard König"
slug: "johann-gerhard-konig"
description: "Johann Gerhard König was a Baltic German botanist and physician who served in the Tranquebar Mission, India before joining service under the Nawab of Arcot, and then the English East India Company. He collected natural history specimens including plants, particularly those of medical interest, from the region and several species are named after him including the curry tree (Murraya koenigii)."
tagline: "German botanist and physician (1728-1785)"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1728-11-29"
deathDate: "1785-06-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.559322033898306
  historical:           15.94478133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump