# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-c-cassidy
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:03:26.931Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-c-cassidy"
name: "David C. Cassidy"
slug: "david-c-cassidy"
description: "David C. Cassidy is an American historian of science and professor emeritus at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York. He is best known for his contributions to the history of quantum mechanics, scientific biography, history of physics in Germany and the United States and, most recently, science-history drama."
tagline: "American science historian"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1945-08-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.073038666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump