# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carl-akeley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:13:10.884Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carl-akeley"
name: "Carl Akeley"
slug: "carl-akeley"
description: "Carl Ethan Akeley was a pioneering American taxidermist, sculptor, biologist, conservationist, inventor, and nature photographer, noted for his contributions to American museums, most notably to the Milwaukee Public Museum, Field Museum of Natural History and the American Museum of Natural History. He is considered by some to be the father of modern taxidermy. He was the founder of the AMNH Exhibitions Lab, an interdisciplinary department that fuses scientific research with immersive design."
tagline: "American taxidermist, sculptor, biologist, conservationist, inventor, nature photographer (1864–1926)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carl_Akeley_37036r.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1864-05-19"
deathDate: "1926-11-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.32484266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump