# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martinus-van-marum
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:37:53.612Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martinus-van-marum"
name: "Martinus van Marum"
slug: "martinus-van-marum"
description: "Martin(us) van Marum was a Dutch medical doctor, inventor, scientist and teacher, who studied medicine and philosophy in Groningen. Van Marum introduced modern chemistry in the Netherlands after the theories of Antoine Lavoisier, and several scientific applications for general use. He became famous for his demonstrations with instruments, most notable the large electricity machine, to show statical electricity and chemical experiments while curator for the Teylers Museum."
tagline: "Scientist from the Northern Netherlands (1750-1837)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Martin_van_Marum_by_Charles_Howard_Hodges.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1750-03-20"
deathDate: "1837-12-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.195121951219512
  historical:           11.8108
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "مارتين ڤان ماروم"
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    title: "Martinus van Marum"
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    title: "Martin van Marum"
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    title: "Martinus van Marum"
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    title: "مارتن وان ماروم"
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    title: "Martin van Marum"
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    title: "Martinus van Marum"
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    title: "Martinus van Marum"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_van_Marum"
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    title: "Ван Марум, Мартин"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump