# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kurd-lasswitz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:14:44.409Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kurd-lasswitz"
name: "Kurd Lasswitz"
slug: "kurd-lasswitz"
description: "Kurd Lasswitz was a German author, scientist, and philosopher. He has been called \"the father of German science fiction\". He sometimes used the pseudonym Velatus."
tagline: "German author, scientist and philosopher (1848–1910)"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1848-04-20"
deathDate: "1910-10-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump