# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/adolphe-morlot
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:47:54.136Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/adolphe-morlot"
name: "Adolphe Morlot"
slug: "adolphe-morlot"
description: "Adolph von Morlot was a scientist who specialized in geology and later in archaeology. He was born in Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and died in Bern, Switzerland. Von Morlot is known for performing the first ever high-temperature synthesis of the mineral dolomite and known by archaeologists as one of the pioneers of underwater archaeology. He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1864."
tagline: "Swiss geologist (1820-1867)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GER_%E2%80%94_BW_%E2%80%94_Uhldingen-M%C3%BChlhofen_%E2%80%94_Unteruhldingen_(Pfahlbaumuseum_%E2%80%94_Adolf_von_Morlot_bei_Tauchversuchen_am_24._August_1854_im_Genfer_See)_2021.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1820-03-22"
deathDate: "1867-02-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           33.85
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.334665333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Morlot"
    title: "Adolphe Morlot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_von_Adolph_Morlot"
    title: "Karl von Adolph Morlot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Morlot"
    title: "Adolphe Morlot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_von_Morlot"
    title: "Adolf von Morlot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_von_Morlot"
    title: "Adolph von Morlot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_von_Adolph_Morlot"
    title: "Karl von Adolph Morlot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Morlot"
    title: "Adolphe Morlot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9017234"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump