# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eduard-suess
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:33:57.855Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/eduard-suess"
name: "Eduard Suess"
slug: "eduard-suess"
description: "Eduard Suess was an Austrian geologist and a specialist on the geography of the Alps. He is responsible for hypothesising two major former geographical features, the supercontinent Gondwana and the Tethys Ocean. He also introduced the concepts of eustasy. As a professor of geology at the University of Vienna, he was a founding figure in geology in Austria, influencing numerous geologists across Europe. He was considered the \"dean of geology\" at the beginning of the twentieth century. He was also an Austrian parliament representative for the liberal party."
tagline: "Austrian geologist (1831-1914)"
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birthDate: "1831-08-20"
deathDate: "1914-04-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump