# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/seymour-benzer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:08:21.158Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/seymour-benzer"
name: "Seymour Benzer"
slug: "seymour-benzer"
description: "Seymour Benzer was an American physicist, molecular biologist and behavioral geneticist. His career began during the molecular biology revolution of the 1950s, and he eventually rose to prominence in the fields of molecular and behavioral genetics. He led a productive genetics research lab both at Purdue University and as the James G. Boswell Professor of Neuroscience, emeritus, at the California Institute of Technology."
tagline: "American geneticist (1921–2007)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1921-10-15"
deathDate: "2007-11-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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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