# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/otmar-von-verschuer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:32:28.122Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/otmar-von-verschuer"
name: "Otmar von Verschuer"
slug: "otmar-von-verschuer"
description: "Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer was a German human biologist and geneticist, who was the Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Münster until he retired in 1965. A member of the Verschuer family, his title Freiherr is often translated as baron."
tagline: "German military physician, geneticist and biochemist (1896-1969)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/75/VonVerschuer_measures_heads_CSH_DNALC.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1896-07-16"
deathDate: "1969-08-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.56
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.413516
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer"
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    title: "Otmar von Verschuer"
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    title: "Отмар фон Фершюр"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump