# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ed-ricketts
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:04:44.175Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ed-ricketts"
name: "Ed Ricketts"
slug: "ed-ricketts"
description: "Edward Flanders Robb Ricketts was an American marine biologist, ecologist, and philosopher. Renowned as the inspiration for the character Doc in John Steinbeck's 1945 novel Cannery Row, Rickett's professional reputation is rooted in Between Pacific Tides (1939), a pioneering study of intertidal ecology. A friend and mentor of Steinbeck, they collaborated on and co-authored the book, Sea of Cortez (1941)."
tagline: "American marine biologist (1897–1948)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cannery_Row_Sculpture_(15398335477).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1897-05-14"
deathDate: "1948-05-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.26001733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Ed Ricketts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Ricketts"
    title: "Ed Ricketts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Ricketts"
    title: "Ed Ricketts"
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    title: "Edward Ricketts"
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    title: "エド・リケッツ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Ricketts"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump