# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carl-r-eklund
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:04:55.135Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carl-r-eklund"
name: "Carl R. Eklund"
slug: "carl-r-eklund"
description: "Carl Robert Eklund was a leading American specialist in ornithology and geographic research in both the north and south polar regions. He was appointed as the first Scientific Station Leader of the Wilkes Station, Antarctica."
tagline: "American ornithologist (1909–1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carl_R._Eklund.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1909-01-27"
deathDate: "1962-11-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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