# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stanislaus-von-prowazek
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:57:31.167Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stanislaus-von-prowazek"
name: "Stanislaus von Prowazek"
slug: "stanislaus-von-prowazek"
description: "Stanislaus Josef Mathias von Prowazek, Edler von Lanow, born Stanislav Provázek, was a Czech biologist, zoologist and parasitologist, who along with pathologist Henrique da Rocha Lima (1879–1956) discovered the pathogen of epidemic typhus."
tagline: "Czech biologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/S._Prowazek.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1875-11-12"
deathDate: "1915-02-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.744673333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Станіслав фон Провасек"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislaus_von_Prowazek"
    title: "Stanislaus von Prowazek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislaus_von_Prowazek"
    title: "Stanislaus von Prowazek"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislaus_von_Prowazek"
    title: "Stanislaus von Prowazek"
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  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislaus_von_Prowazek"
    title: "Stanislaus von Prowazek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislaus_von_Prowazek"
    title: "Stanislaus von Prowazek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislaus_von_Prowazek"
    title: "Stanislaus von Prowazek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislaus_von_Prowazek"
    title: "Stanislaus von Prowazek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BA%2C_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2"
    title: "Провачек, Станислав"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislaus_von_Prowazek"
    title: "Stanislaus von Prowazek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump