# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edwin-kessler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:09:19.060Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edwin-kessler"
name: "Edwin Kessler"
slug: "edwin-kessler"
description: "Edwin Kessler III was an American atmospheric scientist who oversaw the development of Doppler weather radar and was the first director of the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)."
tagline: "American atmospheric scientist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edwin_Kessler.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1928-12-02"
deathDate: "2017-02-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.48
  momentum:             3.529411764705882
  historical:           4.602592
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4361230/"
    handle:    "nm4361230"
sources:
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    title: "إدوين كيسلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "ادوین کندلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Kessler"
    title: "Edwin Kessler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Kessler"
    title: "Edwin Kessler"
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  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Kessler"
    title: "Edwin Kessler"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28828766"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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