# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-franklin-mudge
# Generated: 2026-08-15T15:00:03.546Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-franklin-mudge"
name: "Benjamin Franklin Mudge"
slug: "benjamin-franklin-mudge"
description: "Benjamin Franklin Mudge was an American lawyer, geologist and teacher. Briefly the mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts, he later moved to Kansas where he was appointed the first State Geologist. He led the first geological survey of the state in 1864, and published the first book on the geology of Kansas. He lectured extensively, and was department chair at the Kansas State Agricultural College."
tagline: "American geologist, paleontologist, teacher, lawyer, chemist (1817-1879)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benjamin_Franklin_Mudge.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1817-08-11"
deathDate: "1879-11-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.83
  momentum:             1.25
  historical:           8.070734666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "بنجامين فرانكلين مادج"
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    title: "Benjamin Franklin Mudge"
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    title: "Benjamin Franklin Mudge"
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  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_Mudge"
    title: "Benjamin Franklin Mudge"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_Mudge"
    title: "Benjamin Franklin Mudge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_Mudge"
    title: "Benjamin Franklin Mudge"
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  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%A4%EC%A0%80%EB%AF%BC_%ED%94%84%EB%9E%AD%ED%81%B4%EB%A6%B0_%EB%A8%B8%EC%A7%80"
    title: "벤저민 프랭클린 머지"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump