# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-mollweide
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:46:16.844Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-mollweide"
name: "Karl Mollweide"
slug: "karl-mollweide"
description: "Karl Brandan Mollweide was a German mathematician and astronomer who taught in Halle and Leipzig. In trigonometry, he rediscovered the formula now known as Mollweide's formula. He invented a map projection called the Mollweide projection."
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birthDate: "1774-02-03"
deathDate: "1825-03-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump