# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dan-h-yaalon
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:01:24.203Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dan-h-yaalon"
name: "Dan H. Yaalon"
slug: "dan-h-yaalon"
description: "Dan Hardy Yaalon was an Israeli pedologist and soil scientist. He contributed to the fields of arid and Mediterranean pedology and paleopedology, as well as the history, sociology, and philosophy of soil science. Through a research career spanning over six decades (1950–2014), Yaalon was an active member of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) and the International Soil Science Society. He was awarded the Sarton Medal for his contribution to the history of science, and the Dokuchaev Award."
tagline: "Israeli pedologist and soil scientist (1924-2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DAN_(HARDY)_YAALON_1924%E2%80%932014.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1924-05-11"
deathDate: "2014-01-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           5.670554666666667
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  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Dan H. Yaalon"
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    title: "Dan H. Yaalon"
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    title: "Dan H. Yaalon"
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    title: "דן הארדי יעלון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump