# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-august-lampadius
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:42:31.627Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-august-lampadius"
name: "Wilhelm August Lampadius"
slug: "wilhelm-august-lampadius"
description: "Wilhelm August Lampadius was a German chemist and metallurgist. He served as a professor of metallurgy at the Mining Academy in Freiberg. Lampadius is known for using the first coal gas lantern for street lighting in Europe."
tagline: "German chemist (1772–1842)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wilhelm_August_Lampadius.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: "1772-08-08"
deathDate: "1842-04-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.848101265822785
  historical:           6.140641333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wilhelm August Lampadius"
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    title: "فيلهلم اوجست لامباديوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wilhelm August Lampadius"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_August_Lampadius"
    title: "Wilhelm August Lampadius"
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  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_August_Lampadius"
    title: "Wilhelm August Lampadius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulielmus_Augustus_Lampadius"
    title: "Gulielmus Augustus Lampadius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%83%D1%81%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC_%D0%90%D0%B2%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82"
    title: "Лампадиус, Вильгельм Август"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump