# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pierre-joseph-van-beneden
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:43:43.489Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pierre-joseph-van-beneden"
name: "Pierre-Joseph Van Beneden"
slug: "pierre-joseph-van-beneden"
description: "Pierre-Joseph Van Beneden FRS FRSE FGS FZS was a Belgian zoologist and paleontologist. He is credited with introducing the terms \"mutualism\" and \"commensalism\" into biology in 1875 and 1876 respectively."
tagline: "Belgian zoologist (1809–1894)"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1809-12-19"
deathDate: "1894-01-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump