# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-ludwig-hencke
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:43:08.979Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-ludwig-hencke"
name: "Karl Ludwig Hencke"
slug: "karl-ludwig-hencke"
description: "Karl Ludwig Hencke was a German amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. He is sometimes confused with Johann Franz Encke, another German astronomer."
tagline: "German astronomer (1793–1866)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karl_Ludwig_Hencke.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1793-04-08"
deathDate: "1866-09-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump