# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carl-shipp-marvel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:05:17.823Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carl-shipp-marvel"
name: "Carl Shipp Marvel"
slug: "carl-shipp-marvel"
description: "Carl Shipp \"Speed\" Marvel was an American chemist who specialized in polymer chemistry. He made important contributions to U.S. synthetic rubber program during World War II, and later worked at developing polybenzimidazoles, temperature-resistant polymers that are used in the aerospace industry, in fire-fighting equipment, and as a replacement for asbestos. He has been described as \"one of the world's outstanding organic chemists\" and received numerous awards, including the 1956 Priestley Medal and the 1986 National Medal of Science, presented by President Ronald Reagan."
tagline: "American chemist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1894-09-01"
deathDate: "1988-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.95
  momentum:             1.104651162790698
  historical:           7.206876
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Марвел, Карл Шипп"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کارل شیپ مارول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_S._Marvel"
    title: "Carl S. Marvel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Shipp_Marvel"
    title: "Carl Shipp Marvel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Shipp_Marvel"
    title: "Carl Shipp Marvel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%BE_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "کارل شیپ مارول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Shipp_Marvel"
    title: "Carl Shipp Marvel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Shipp_Marvel"
    title: "Carl Shipp Marvel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5040807"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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