# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-august-folkers
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:05:46.048Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-august-folkers"
name: "Karl August Folkers"
slug: "karl-august-folkers"
description: "Karl August Folkers was an American biochemist who made major contributions to the isolation and identification of bioactive natural products."
tagline: "American biochemist (1906–1997)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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birthDate: "1906-09-01"
deathDate: "1997-12-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump