# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sylvester-krnka
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:46:53.288Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sylvester-krnka"
name: "Sylvester Krnka"
slug: "sylvester-krnka"
description: "Sylvester Krnka was a Austro-Hungarian gunsmith and inventor, best known for developing the breech-loading conversion rifle adopted by the Russian army in the 19th century."
tagline: "Czech gunsmith and inventor (1825–1903)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sylvestr_Krnka_-_foto_M._Klempfner.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1825-12-29"
deathDate: "1903-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.71
  momentum:             5.729927007299271
  historical:           5.682182666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvestr_Krnka"
    title: "Sylvestr Krnka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "سيلفستر كرنكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvestr_Krnka"
    title: "Sylvestr Krnka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80"
    title: "Крнка, Сильвестр"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_Krnka"
    title: "Sylvester Krnka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvestr_Krnka"
    title: "Sylvestr Krnka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12057810"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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