# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johann-heinrich-linck
# Generated: 2026-08-15T15:38:36.096Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johann-heinrich-linck"
name: "Johann Heinrich Linck"
slug: "johann-heinrich-linck"
description: "Johann Heinrich Linck the elder was a German apothecary and naturalist. He grew the family natural history cabinet and took an interest in starfish and some fossils. His classification of starfish into two major groups based on the presence or absence of an ambulacral groove into Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea continues to be used in modern taxonomy. His son Johann Heinrich Linck the younger also became a naturalist and documented the collections of his father."
tagline: "German pharmacist and naturalist (1674-1734)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johann_Heinrich_Linck._Line_engraving_by_Bernigeroth._Wellcome_V0003578_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1674-12-17"
deathDate: "1734-10-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Линк, Иоганн Генрих"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "يوهان هاينريش لينك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Heinrich_Linck_(der_%C3%84ltere)"
    title: "Johann Heinrich Linck (der Ältere)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Heinrich_Linck"
    title: "Johann Heinrich Linck"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Heinrich_Linck_l'Ancien"
    title: "Johann Heinrich Linck l'Ancien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Heinrich_Linck"
    title: "Johann Heinrich Linck"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Heinrich_Linck"
    title: "Johann Heinrich Linck"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86317"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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