# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-lark-horovitz
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:00:51.741Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-lark-horovitz"
name: "Karl Lark-Horovitz"
slug: "karl-lark-horovitz"
description: "Karl Lark-Horovitz was an American physicist known for his pioneering work in solid-state physics that played a role in the invention of the transistor. He brought the previously neglected physics department at Purdue University to prominence during his tenure there as department head from 1929 until his death in 1958."
tagline: "American physicist (1892-1958)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karl_Lark-Horovitz_AAAS_1947.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1892-07-20"
deathDate: "1958-04-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.002736000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "كارل لارك-هوروفيتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karl Lark-Horovitz"
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    title: "کارل لارک-هورووینز"
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    title: "Karl Lark-Horovitz"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump