# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leland-clark
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:17:13.395Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leland-clark"
name: "Leland Clark"
slug: "leland-clark"
description: "Leland C. Clark Jr. was an American biochemist born in Rochester, New York. He is most well known as the inventor of the Clark electrode, a device used for measuring oxygen in blood, water and other liquids. Clark is considered the \"father of biosensors\", and the modern-day glucose sensor used daily by millions of diabetics is based on his research. He conducted pioneering research on heart-lung machines in the 1940s and '50s and was holder of more than 25 patents. Although he developed a fluorocarbon-based liquid that could be breathed successfully by mice in place of air, his lifelong goal of developing artificial blood remained unfulfilled at the time of his death. He is the inventor of Oxycyte, a third-generation perfluorocarbon (PFC) therapeutic oxygen carrier designed to enhance oxygen delivery to damaged tissues."
tagline: "American chemist (1918–2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr._Leland_C._Clark_Jr_2005.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: "1918-12-04"
deathDate: "2005-09-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.208784
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Leland Clark"
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    title: "ليلاند كلارك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لیلاند کلارک"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Clark"
    title: "Leland Clark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Clark"
    title: "Leland Clark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9"
    title: "لیلاند کلارک"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Clark"
    title: "Leland Clark"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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