# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/josefa-b-flexner
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:10:51.100Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/josefa-b-flexner"
name: "Josefa B. Flexner"
slug: "josefa-b-flexner"
description: "Josefa Barba Gosé, also known as Pepita Barba or Josefa B. Flexner, was a Spanish scientist who went into exile in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War and moved to the United States, where she lived much of her life integrated into American society."
tagline: "Spanish neuroscientist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1913-05-25%2C_Feminal%2C_Primeres_combregantes_barcelonines_(cropped)_Pepeta_Barba_y_Gos%C3%A9.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
birthDate: "1904-04-11"
deathDate: "2000-06-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.72
  momentum:             6
  historical:           5.468214666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josefa_Barba-Gos%C3%A9_Flexner"
    title: "Josefa Barba-Gosé Flexner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josefa_Barba-Gos%C3%A9_Flexner"
    title: "Josefa Barba-Gosé Flexner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josefa_B._Flexner"
    title: "Josefa B. Flexner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josefa_Barba-Gos%C3%A9_Flexner"
    title: "Josefa Barba-Gosé Flexner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josefa_Barba-Gos%C3%A9_Flexner"
    title: "Josefa Barba-Gosé Flexner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81%D8%A7_%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D9%81%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "جوزفا بی فلکسنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66763497"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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