# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/albert-defant
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:16:17.956Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/albert-defant"
name: "Albert Defant"
slug: "albert-defant"
description: "Albert Joseph Maria Defant was an Austrian meteorologist, oceanographer and climatologist. He published fundamental works on the physics of the atmosphere and ocean and is regarded as one of the founders of physical oceanography."
tagline: "Austrian meteorologist (1884–1974)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "AT"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1884-07-12"
deathDate: "1974-12-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  55
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump