# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/otto-kern
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:10:28.395Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/otto-kern"
name: "Otto Kern"
slug: "otto-kern"
description: "Otto Ferdinand Georg Kern was a German classical philologist, archaeologist and epigraphist. He specialized in the field of ancient Greek religion, being known for his investigations of Greek mystery cults and Orphism, as well as the ancient city of Magnesia on the Maeander and later also the history of ancient studies. In 1907 he became professor at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, where he became rector in 1915/16."
tagline: "German classical philologist and archaeologist (1863-1942)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Otto_Kern_by_Paul_Moennich.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1863-02-14"
deathDate: "1942-01-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.26
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.207128
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Kern"
    title: "Otto Kern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "أوتو كيرن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "اوتو كيرن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Kern_(Philologe)"
    title: "Otto Kern (Philologe)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Kern"
    title: "Otto Kern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Kern"
    title: "Otto Kern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Kern"
    title: "Otto Kern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Kern"
    title: "Otto Kern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111045"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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