# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-w-huffman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:16:27.070Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-w-huffman"
name: "John W. Huffman"
slug: "john-w-huffman"
description: "John William Huffman was a professor of organic chemistry at Clemson University who first synthesised novel cannabinoids. His research, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, was focused on making a drug to target endocannabinoid receptors in the body."
tagline: "Chemist (1932–2022)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1932"
deathDate: "2022-05-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.82
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.627468
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.clemson.edu/ces/departments/chemistry/people/faculty/huffman.html"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BA%A6%E7%BF%B0%C2%B7%E5%A8%81%E5%BB%89%C2%B7%E9%9C%8D%E5%A4%AB%E6%9B%BC"
    title: "约翰·威廉·霍夫曼"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون دبليو. هوفمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Huffman"
    title: "John W. Huffman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Huffman"
    title: "John W. Huffman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Huffman"
    title: "John W. Huffman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BBW%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%95%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ジョン・W・ハフマン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Huffman"
    title: "John Huffman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%84%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Хаффман, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump