# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/julius-arthur-nieuwland
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:45:40.784Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/julius-arthur-nieuwland"
name: "Julius Arthur Nieuwland"
slug: "julius-arthur-nieuwland"
description: "Julius Aloysius Arthur Nieuwland, CSC, was a Belgian-born Holy Cross priest and professor of chemistry and botany at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. He is known for his contributions to acetylene research and its use as the basis for one type of synthetic rubber, which eventually led to the invention of neoprene by DuPont."
tagline: "American botanist (1878-1936)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Julius_Nieuwland.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1878-02-14"
deathDate: "1936-06-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "يوليوس ارثر نيولاند"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump