# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/clarence-king
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:19:14.022Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/clarence-king"
name: "Clarence King"
slug: "clarence-king"
description: "Clarence Rivers King was an American geologist, mountaineer, and author. He was the first director of the United States Geological Survey from 1879 to 1881. Nominated by Republican President Rutherford B. Hayes, King was noted for his exploration of the Sierra Nevada mountain range."
tagline: "American geologist (1842-1901)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Clarence_King.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1842-01-06"
deathDate: "1901-12-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Clarence King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Clarence King"
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    title: "Clarence King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_King"
    title: "Clarence King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Clarence King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Clarence King"
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    title: "Clarence King"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump