# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-gottlieb-hankel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:48:28.671Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-gottlieb-hankel"
name: "Wilhelm Gottlieb Hankel"
slug: "wilhelm-gottlieb-hankel"
description: "Wilhelm Gottlieb Hankel was a German physicist who was among the first to identify pyroelectric effects and the rotation of the plane of optical polarization in fluorspar upon application of electricity."
tagline: "German chemist and physicist"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
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birthDate: "1814-05-17"
deathDate: "1899-02-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           7.003564
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    title: "فيلهلم جوتليب هانكل"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump