# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/philipp-wilhelm-wirtgen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:37:47.124Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/philipp-wilhelm-wirtgen"
name: "Philipp Wilhelm Wirtgen"
slug: "philipp-wilhelm-wirtgen"
description: "Philipp Wilhelm Wirtgen was a German botanist and teacher born in Neuwied, Germany. He was the father of botanist Ferdinand Paul Wirtgen (1848–1924)."
tagline: "German botanist (1806-1870)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Acta_Horti_berg._-_1905_-_tafl._126_-_Philipp_Wilhelm_Wirtgen.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1806-12-04"
deathDate: "1870-09-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.24
  momentum:             12.5
  historical:           8.068610666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Філіпп Віртґен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فيليب فيلهلم فيرتجن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp_Wirtgen"
    title: "Philipp Wirtgen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp_Wilhelm_Wirtgen"
    title: "Philipp Wilhelm Wirtgen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp_Wilhelm_Wirtgen"
    title: "Philipp Wilhelm Wirtgen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp_Wilhelm_Wirtgen"
    title: "Philipp Wilhelm Wirtgen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BF"
    title: "Виртген, Филипп"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp_Wilhelm_Wirtgen"
    title: "Philipp Wilhelm Wirtgen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp_Wirtgen"
    title: "Philipp Wirtgen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96168"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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