# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/philippe-charles-schmerling
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:40:00.076Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/philippe-charles-schmerling"
name: "Philippe-Charles Schmerling"
slug: "philippe-charles-schmerling"
description: "Philippe-Charles or Philip Carel Schmerling was a Dutch/Belgian prehistorian, pioneer in paleontology, and geologist. He is often considered the founder of paleontology."
tagline: "Belgian-Dutch scientist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Philippe-Charles_Schmerling.jpg?width=1200"
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birthDate: "1790-03-02"
deathDate: "1836-11-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump