# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lafayette-mendel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:48:20.818Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lafayette-mendel"
name: "Lafayette Mendel"
slug: "lafayette-mendel"
description: "Lafayette Benedict Mendel was an American biochemist known for his work in nutrition, with longtime collaborator Thomas B. Osborne, including the study of Vitamin A, Vitamin B, lysine and tryptophan."
tagline: "American biochemist (1872–1935)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lafayette_Mendel.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: "1872-02-05"
deathDate: "1935-12-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.25
  momentum:             15
  historical:           3.938517333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_B._Mendel"
    title: "Lafayette B. Mendel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_Mendel"
    title: "Lafayette Mendel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_B._Mendel"
    title: "Lafayette B. Mendel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_Benedict_Mendel"
    title: "Lafayette Benedict Mendel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6471466"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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