# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-bassett
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:26:39.353Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-bassett"
name: "Edward Bassett"
slug: "edward-bassett"
description: "Edward Murray Bassett, \"the father of American zoning\", and one of the founding fathers of modern-day urban planning, wrote the first comprehensive zoning ordinance in the United States, which was adopted by New York City in 1916. He also served one term as a U.S. representative for New York from 1903 to 1905."
tagline: "American lawyer and politician (1863-1948)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_Murray_Bassett.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1863-02-07"
deathDate: "1948-10-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.007704
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ایڈورڈ باسیٹ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "إدوارد باسيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ادوارد باسيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "ادوارد باست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bassett"
    title: "Edward Bassett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bassett"
    title: "Edward Bassett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_M._Bassett"
    title: "Edward M. Bassett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bassett"
    title: "Edward Bassett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q808766"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump