# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-gerschenkron
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:45:58.531Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-gerschenkron"
name: "Alexander Gerschenkron"
slug: "alexander-gerschenkron"
description: "Alexander Gerschenkron was an American economic historian and professor at Harvard University trained in the German historical school of economics."
tagline: "American economist (1904–1978)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
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  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1904-09-18"
deathDate: "1978-10-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.97149333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Alexander Gerschenkron"
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    title: "Alexander Gerschenkron"
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    title: "Alexander Gerschenkron"
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    title: "Alexander Gerschenkron"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump