# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-friedrich-meyer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:18:53.442Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-friedrich-meyer"
name: "Karl Friedrich Meyer"
slug: "karl-friedrich-meyer"
description: "Karl Friedrich Meyer was an American scientist of Swiss origin. He was one of the most prodigious scientists in many areas of infectious diseases in man and animals, the ecology of pathogens, epidemiology and public health. Some called him the \"Pasteur of the 20th century\"."
tagline: "American pathologist (1884-1974)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/K_F._Meyer_Portrait1.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1884-05-19"
deathDate: "1974-04-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.272174666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Friedrich_Meyer_(Mediziner)"
    title: "Karl Friedrich Meyer (Mediziner)"
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    title: "كارل فريدريك ماير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "كارل فريدريك ماير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Karl_Friedrich_Meyer"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Friedrich_Meyer"
    title: "Karl Friedrich Meyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Friedrich_Meyer"
    title: "Karl Friedrich Meyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121372"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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