# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-thenard
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:46:30.831Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-thenard"
name: "Paul Thénard"
slug: "paul-thenard"
description: "Paul Thénard, also known as Baron Arnaud Paul Edmond Thénard, was a French agronomist, wine producer, chemist, and politician. He discovered trimethylphosphine, the first organic phosphorus compound to be identified. He was known for his research into the control of phylloxera, an insect that was destroying much of the French wine industry, by infecting the roots of grape vines. He wrote a biography of his father, the noted chemist Louis Thénard."
tagline: "French agronomist and chemist (1819-1884)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Th%C3%A9nard.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1819-10-20"
deathDate: "1884-08-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.96
  momentum:             15
  historical:           4.136789333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Th%C3%A9nard"
    title: "Paul Thénard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Th%C3%A9nard"
    title: "Paul Thénard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Th%C3%A9nard"
    title: "Paul Thénard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Th%C3%A9nard"
    title: "Paul Thénard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15304571"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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