# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-la-nicca
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:55:45.982Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-la-nicca"
name: "Richard La Nicca"
slug: "richard-la-nicca"
description: "Richard La Nicca was a Swiss engineer known as the pioneering planner and implementer of the Jura water correction project in the Swiss Jura."
tagline: "Swiss civil engineer and army officer (1794-1883)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ETH-BIB-La_Nicca%2C_Richard_(1794-1883)-Portrait-Portr_09603.tif_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1794-08-16"
deathDate: "1883-08-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.24
  momentum:             11.42857142857143
  historical:           4.604644
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "ريتشارد لا نيكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_La_Nicca"
    title: "Richard La Nicca"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_La_Nicca"
    title: "Richard La Nicca"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_La_Nicca"
    title: "Richard La Nicca"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_La_Nicca"
    title: "Richard La Nicca"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116898"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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