# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-heitler
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:40:04.008Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-heitler"
name: "Walter Heitler"
slug: "walter-heitler"
description: "Walter Heinrich Heitler was a German–Irish theoretical physicist who made contributions to quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory. He brought chemistry under quantum mechanics through his theory of valence bonding."
tagline: "Physicist (1904-1981)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1904-01-02"
deathDate: "1981-11-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump