# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melchior-adam-weikard
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:02:52.398Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melchior-adam-weikard"
name: "Melchior Adam Weikard"
slug: "melchior-adam-weikard"
description: "Melchior Adam Weikard was born on April 27, 1742, near Fulda Germany. He was a physician and a philosopher. Weikard wrote the earliest reference to the behavioral disorder attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). He was progressive for his time, believing that illnesses have physical causes and that they are not a result of moral wrongs or the spiritual influences. Weikard died near his birthplace on July 25, 1803."
tagline: "German physician (1742-1803)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melchior_Adam_Weikard.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1742-04-27"
deathDate: "1803-07-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.810188
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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    title: "ملكيور آدم ويكارد"
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    title: "Вейкард, Мельхиор Адам"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump