# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-fischer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:03:17.570Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-fischer"
name: "Karl Fischer"
slug: "karl-fischer"
description: "Karl Fischer was a German chemist. In 1935 he published a method to determine trace amounts of water in samples. This method is now called Karl Fischer titration and was originally performed manually but has been automated. It remains the primary method of water content determination used worldwide by government, academia and industry laboratories, including major chemical manufacturers, refrigerant producers, and petroleum refiners."
tagline: "German chemist (1901-1958)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karl_Fischer_-_Qu%C3%ADmico_Alem%C3%A3o_(1901-1958)_inventor_do_m%C3%A9todo_para_determna%C3%A7%C3%A3o_de_%C3%A1gua.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1901-03-24"
deathDate: "1958-04-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.968452728832738
  historical:           10.08851866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "كارل فيشر (كيمياء تحليليه من المانيا)"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Fischer_(scheikundige)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump