# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rudolf-wegscheider
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:00:01.099Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rudolf-wegscheider"
name: "Rudolf Wegscheider"
slug: "rudolf-wegscheider"
description: "Rudolf Wegscheider was an Austrian chemist of Banat Swabian origin.\nWegscheider studied chemistry and was the founder of the Austrian School of Chemistry. He taught at the University of Vienna, and from 1902 to 1931 he was departmental Chair. He was the chairman of the association of Austrian chemists from 1904 to 1929. \nR. Wegscheider introduced the principle of detailed balance for chemical kinetics."
tagline: "Austrian chemist (1859-1935)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wegscheider-Rudolph.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Austria"
  isoCode: "AT"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1859-10-18"
deathDate: "1935-01-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.469114666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Wegscheider"
    title: "Rudolf Wegscheider"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1"
    title: "رودولف ويجشيدر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Wegscheider"
    title: "Rudolf Wegscheider"
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    title: "Рудолф Вегшајдер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Wegscheider"
    title: "Rudolf Wegscheider"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Wegscheider"
    title: "Rudolf Wegscheider"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump