# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/viktor-meyer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:10:02.833Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/viktor-meyer"
name: "Viktor Meyer"
slug: "viktor-meyer"
description: "Viktor Meyer was a German chemist and significant contributor to both organic and inorganic chemistry. He is best known for inventing an apparatus for determining vapour densities, the Viktor Meyer apparatus, and for discovering thiophene, a heterocyclic compound. He is sometimes referred to as Victor Meyer, a name used in some of his publications."
tagline: "German chemist (1848-1897)"
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gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1848-09-08"
deathDate: "1897-08-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  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