# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edgar-fahs-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:31:16.643Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edgar-fahs-smith"
name: "Edgar Fahs Smith"
slug: "edgar-fahs-smith"
description: "Edgar Fahs Smith was an American scientist who is best known today for his interests in the history of chemistry. He served as provost of the University of Pennsylvania from 1911 to 1920, was deeply involved in the American Chemical Society and other organizations, and was awarded the Priestley Medal in 1926."
tagline: "American chemist (1854-1928)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edgar_Fahs_Smith_1878.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1854-05-23"
deathDate: "1928-05-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.870914666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Edgar Fahs Smith"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Fahs_Smith"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Fahs_Smith"
    title: "Edgar Fahs Smith"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Fahs_Smith"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Fahs_Smith"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump