# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-h-kelley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:13:29.621Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-h-kelley"
name: "David H. Kelley"
slug: "david-h-kelley"
description: "David Humiston Kelley was an American archaeologist and epigrapher. He was associated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and later with the University of Calgary. He is most noted for his work on the phonetic analysis and major contributions toward the decipherment of the writing system used by the Maya civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, the Maya script."
tagline: "American genealogist (1924-2011)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1924-04-01"
deathDate: "2011-05-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.464454976303318
  historical:           6.342801333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ڈیوڈ ایچ کیلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دايفيد اتش كيلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_H._Kelley"
    title: "David H. Kelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_H._Kelley"
    title: "David H. Kelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_H._Kelley"
    title: "David H. Kelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "デイヴィッド・H・ケリー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump