# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alphonse-favre
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:15:54.189Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alphonse-favre"
name: "Alphonse Favre"
slug: "alphonse-favre"
description: "Jean Alphonse Favre was a Swiss geologist. He was a pioneer of alpine geology and became director of the Swiss Geological Commission (Schweizerische Geologische Kommission), which was charged with creating the geological map of Switzerland."
tagline: "Swiss geologist and mineralogist (1815-1890)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alphonse_Favre.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
birthDate: "1815-03-30"
deathDate: "1890-07-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.21
  momentum:             2.051282051282051
  historical:           3.935025333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D8%B3_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1"
    title: "ألفونس دس فافر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D8%B3_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1"
    title: "الفونس دس فافر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Favre"
    title: "Alphonse Favre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Favre"
    title: "Alphonse Favre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1542089"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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