# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johann-philipp-breyne
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:21:20.360Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johann-philipp-breyne"
name: "Johann Philipp Breyne"
slug: "johann-philipp-breyne"
description: "Johann Philipp Breyne FRS, was a German-Polish botanist, palaeontologist, zoologist and entomologist. He is best known for his work on the Polish cochineal, an insect formerly used in production of red dye. Proposed by Hans Sloane, he was elected, on 21 April 1703, a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was also a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and the Societas Litteraria."
tagline: "German scientist (1680-1764)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Acta_Eruditorum_-_IV_fossili%2C_1732_%E2%80%93_BEIC_13402340.jpg/330px-Acta_Eruditorum_-_IV_fossili%2C_1732_%E2%80%93_BEIC_13402340.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1680"
deathDate: "1764"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             16.14754098360656
  historical:           8.538229333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "يوهان فيليب برين"
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    title: "Johann Philipp Breyne"
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    title: "Johann Philipp Breyne"
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    title: "Johann Philipp Breyne"
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    title: "Johann Philipp Breyne"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump