# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-wislicenus
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:54:36.956Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-wislicenus"
name: "Walter Wislicenus"
slug: "walter-wislicenus"
description: "Walter Friedrich Wislicenus was a German astronomer. He taught at the University of Strasbourg starting in 1888, and was a professor from 1897 until his death. He was known for his lectures given outside of academia that attracted many non-scientists, and for his publications for the interested public."
tagline: "German astronomer (1859–1905)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter_Friedrich_Wislicenus.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1859-11-05"
deathDate: "1905-10-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.06
  momentum:             0.4761904761904762
  historical:           7.201584
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Walter Wislicenus"
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    title: "والتر ويسليسينوس"
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    title: "Walter Wislicenus"
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    title: "Walter Wislicenus"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Wislicenus"
    title: "Walter Wislicenus"
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  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Wislicenus"
    title: "Walter Wislicenus"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Wislicenus"
    title: "Walter Wislicenus"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Wislicenus"
    title: "Walter Wislicenus"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump