# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-platt-jencks
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:47:53.500Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-platt-jencks"
name: "William Platt Jencks"
slug: "william-platt-jencks"
description: "William Platt Jencks was an American biochemist. He was noted particularly for his work on enzymes, using concepts drawn from organic chemistry to understand their mechanisms."
tagline: "American biochemist (1927–2007)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/32/Portrait_of_William_Jencks.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1927-08-15"
deathDate: "2007-01-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.25
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jencks"
    title: "William Jencks"
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    title: "Дженкс, Уильям"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump