# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/otto-schmeil
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:14:09.331Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/otto-schmeil"
name: "Otto Schmeil"
slug: "otto-schmeil"
description: "Otto Schmeil was a German zoologist, botanist and educator. He is remembered for his reform efforts in regards to biology education; as a zoologist, he specialized in research of copepods and promoted the idea of \"living communities\" in nature."
tagline: "German biologist (1860-1943)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-09017%2C_Otto_Schmeil.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1860-02-03"
deathDate: "1943-02-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.27
  momentum:             7.741935483870966
  historical:           7.20558
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Otto Schmeil"
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  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "اوتو ستشميل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Schmeil"
    title: "Otto Schmeil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Schmeil"
    title: "Otto Schmeil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Schmeil"
    title: "Otto Schmeil"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Schmeil"
    title: "Otto Schmeil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%9E%D1%82%D1%82%D0%BE"
    title: "Шмейль, Отто"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Schmeil"
    title: "Otto Schmeil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213929"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump