# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-flexner
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:03:42.272Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-flexner"
name: "Simon Flexner"
slug: "simon-flexner"
description: "Simon Flexner was an American physician, scientist, administrator, and professor of experimental pathology at the University of Pennsylvania (1899–1903). He served as the first director of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1901–1935) and a trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation. He was also a friend and adviser to John D. Rockefeller Jr."
tagline: "American scientist (1863-1946)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simon_flexner.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1863-03-25"
deathDate: "1946-05-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           13.56256533333333
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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