# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-turnbull
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:21:09.582Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-turnbull"
name: "David Turnbull"
slug: "david-turnbull"
description: "David Turnbull was an American physical chemist who worked in the interdisciplinary fields of materials science and applied physics. Turnbull made seminal contributions to solidification theory and glass formation. Turnbull was born in Elmira, Elmira Township, Stark County, Illinois. He graduated from high school in 1932 and then received a bachelor's degree in 1936 from Monmouth College (Illinois), specializing in physical chemistry. He received his Ph.D. in physical chemistry under Thomas Erwin Phipps from the University of Illinois in 1939. He was on the faculty of Case Institute of Technology from 1939 to 1946 before eventually becoming a professor at Harvard University."
tagline: "American materials scientist (1915–2007)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ea/David_Turnbull_%28materials_scientist%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1915-02-18"
deathDate: "2007-04-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump