# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-jordan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:31:41.350Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-jordan"
name: "Wilhelm Jordan"
slug: "wilhelm-jordan"
description: "Wilhelm Jordan was a German geodesist who conducted surveys in Germany and Africa and founded the German geodesy journal."
tagline: "German geodesist (1842-1899)"
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gender: "male"
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birthDate: "1842-03-01"
deathDate: "1899-04-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump