# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/c-w-thornthwaite
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:29:23.966Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/c-w-thornthwaite"
name: "C. W. Thornthwaite"
slug: "c-w-thornthwaite"
description: "Charles Warren Thornthwaite was an American geographer and climatologist. He is best known for devising the Thornthwaite climate classification, a climate classification system modified in 1948 that is still in use worldwide, and also for his detailed water budget computations of potential evapotranspiration."
tagline: "American geographer and climatologist (1899–1963)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Cullum_Award.jpg/330px-Cullum_Award.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1899-03-07"
deathDate: "1963-06-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           9.605904
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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