# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-schlack
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:17:29.106Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-schlack"
name: "Paul Schlack"
slug: "paul-schlack"
description: "Paul Schlack was a German chemist. He completed his studies at the Technical University of Stuttgart in 1921 and worked as a research chemist in Copenhagen for a year, before returning to Stuttgart. He received his PhD in 1924. Around this time he developed a keen interest in amide chemistry. He synthesized Nylon 6, widely known by its tradename Perlon, on 29 January 1938 whilst working for IG Farben."
tagline: "German chemist (1897–1987)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1897-12-22"
deathDate: "1987-08-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.34
  momentum:             20.4296875
  historical:           6.61422
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "保罗·施拉克"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%B4%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "بول شلاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%B4%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%A9"
    title: "پول شلاک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Schlack"
    title: "Paul Schlack"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Schlack"
    title: "Paul Schlack"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Schlack"
    title: "Paul Schlack"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Schlack"
    title: "Paul Schlack"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Schlack"
    title: "Paul Schlack"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96196"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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