# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-von-gerlach
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:47:02.473Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-von-gerlach"
name: "Joseph von Gerlach"
slug: "joseph-von-gerlach"
description: "Joseph von Gerlach was a German professor of anatomy at the University of Erlangen. He was a native of Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Gerlach was a pioneer of histological staining and anatomical micrography. In 1858, Gerlach introduced carmine mixed with gelatin as a histological stain."
tagline: "German anatomist (1820-1896)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_von_Gerlach.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1820-04-03"
deathDate: "1896-12-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.08
  momentum:             4.411764705882353
  historical:           8.071958666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "چوزيف فون كيرلاخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joseph von Gerlach"
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    title: "Joseph von Gerlach"
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    title: "יוזף פון גרלאך"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_von_Gerlach"
    title: "Joseph von Gerlach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_von_Gerlach"
    title: "Joseph von Gerlach"
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    title: "Герлах, Йозеф"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump