# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/victor-hensen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:05:21.739Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/victor-hensen"
name: "Victor Hensen"
slug: "victor-hensen"
description: "Christian Andreas Victor Hensen was a German zoologist and marine biologist (planktology). He coined the term plankton and laid the foundation for biological oceanography and quantitative studies."
tagline: "German zoologist (1835-1924)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Victor_Hensen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1835-02-10"
deathDate: "1924-04-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Victor Hensen"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hensen"
    title: "Victor Hensen"
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  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hensen"
    title: "Victor Hensen"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hensen"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump