# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-orton-sr
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:29:16.252Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-orton-sr"
name: "Edward Orton, Sr."
slug: "edward-orton-sr"
description: "Edward Francis Baxter Orton was a United States geologist, and the first president of The Ohio State University. Orton founded The Ohio State University's first academic department, the Department of Geology, and founded the Orton Geological Museum."
tagline: "United States geologist and educator (1829–1899)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_Orton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1829-03-09"
deathDate: "1899-10-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.14
  momentum:             6.940789473684211
  historical:           5.469726666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Edward Orton senior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "إدوارد أورتن سينيور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ادوارد اورتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Orton"
    title: "Edward Orton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Orton_Sr."
    title: "Edward Orton Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Orton_Sr."
    title: "Edward Orton Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5344697"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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