# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-bridge-danson-jr
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:09:01.082Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-bridge-danson-jr"
name: "Edward Bridge Danson, Jr."
slug: "edward-bridge-danson-jr"
description: "Edward Bridge Danson Jr. was an American anthropologist, professor, and museum director. He is known for his archeological work in the American Southwest, and his contributions as the director of the Museum of North Arizona (MNA) from 1958 until his retirement in 1975. In addition to this, he was also a trustee of the Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, a chairman of the Colorado Plateau Environmental Advisory Council, and a member of the advisory board of the Southwestern Parks and Monuments Association. He was also the father of actor Ted Danson."
tagline: "American archaeologist and museum director specializing in Southwestern anthropology"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1916-03-22"
deathDate: "2000-11-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           1.552485333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  39
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bridge_Danson_Jr."
    title: "Edward Bridge Danson Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96214192"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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