# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-dallas-bache
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:32:50.950Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-dallas-bache"
name: "Alexander Dallas Bache"
slug: "alexander-dallas-bache"
description: "Alexander Dallas Bache was an American physicist, scientist, and surveyor who erected coastal fortifications and conducted a detailed survey to map the mideastern United States coastline. Originally an army engineer, he later became Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, and built it into the foremost scientific institution in the country before the American Civil War."
tagline: "American scientist (1806-1867)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1806-07-19"
deathDate: "1867-02-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             17.39161849710983
  historical:           10.32840666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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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