# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cynthia-irwin-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:38:37.412Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cynthia-irwin-williams"
name: "Cynthia Irwin-Williams"
slug: "cynthia-irwin-williams"
description: "Cynthia Irwin-Williams was an archaeologist of the prehistoric American Southwest. She received a B.A. in Anthropology from Radcliffe College in 1957; the next year she received a M.A. in the same field. In 1963 she completed her educational career in Anthropology with a PhD. from Harvard University. Beginning her career in the 1950s, Irwin-Williams was considered a groundbreaker for women in archaeology, like her friend and supporter Hannah Marie Wormington."
tagline: "Archaeologist (1936-1990)"
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gender: "female"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1936-04-14"
deathDate: "1990-06-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump