# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/adolph-knopf
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:19:21.834Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/adolph-knopf"
name: "Adolph Knopf"
slug: "adolph-knopf"
description: "Adolph Knopf was an American geologist. Educated at the University of California, Berkeley, he held professional appointments at the United States Geological Survey, Yale University, and Stanford University. He was primarily a petrologist and mineralogist, though later in his career contributed to geochronology. He performed much of his field work in the western United States, investigating mineral deposits in Alaska, the Boulder Batholith in Montana, and the Gold Country of California."
tagline: "American geologist (1882-1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/KNOPF%2C_ADOLPH_LCCN2016859371.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Academic"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1882-12-02"
deathDate: "1966-11-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Адольф Нопф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "أدولف كنوبف"
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    title: "ادولف كنوبف"
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    title: "Adolph Knopf"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Knopf"
    title: "Adolph Knopf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Knopf"
    title: "Adolph Knopf"
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    title: "Adolph Knopf"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump