# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-c-t-chao
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:35:54.173Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-c-t-chao"
name: "Edward C. T. Chao"
slug: "edward-c-t-chao"
description: "Edward Ching-Te Chao was one of the founders of the field of impact metamorphism, the study of the effects of meteorite impacts on the Earth's crust."
tagline: "U. S. Geological Survey (1919–2008)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1919-11-30"
deathDate: "2008-02-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.875306666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_C._T._Chao"
    title: "Edward C. T. Chao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "إدوارد تشينغ تشاو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_C._T._Chao"
    title: "Edward C. T. Chao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B6%99%E6%99%AF%E5%BE%B7"
    title: "趙景德"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_C.T._Chao"
    title: "Edward C.T. Chao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%A7%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B3-%D0%A2%D0%B5_%D0%A7%D0%B0%D0%BE"
    title: "Едвард Чінг-Те Чао"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1291844"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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