# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vaclav-melzer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:06:26.995Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vaclav-melzer"
name: "Václav Melzer"
slug: "vaclav-melzer"
description: "Václav Melzer was a Czech mycologist and schoolteacher, best known for his studies of the genus Russula and for his formulation of Melzer's reagent, an important histological testing solution in mycology."
tagline: "Czech mycologist, educator and science writer (1878-1968)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/95/V%C3%A1clav_Melzer_sm.jpg"
gender: "male"
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birthDate: "1878-08-26"
deathDate: "1968-05-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump