# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vasili-samarsky-bykhovets
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:17:30.095Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vasili-samarsky-bykhovets"
name: "Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets"
slug: "vasili-samarsky-bykhovets"
description: "Vasili Yevgrafovich Samarsky-Bykhovets was a Russian mining engineer and the chief of Russian Mining Engineering Corps between 1845 and 1861. The mineral samarskite, and chemical element samarium are named after him. He was the first person whose name was given to a chemical element."
tagline: "Russian engineer (1803–1870)"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1803-11-07"
deathDate: "1870-05-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.5263157894736843
  historical:           12.68567466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Vasili Samarski-Byjovets"
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    title: "วาซิลี ซามาร์สกี-บีโฮเวตส์"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump