# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elias-loomis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:37:29.160Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elias-loomis"
name: "Elias Loomis"
slug: "elias-loomis"
description: "Elias Loomis was an American mathematician. He served as a professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Western Reserve College, the University of the City of New York and Yale University. During his tenure at Western Reserve College in 1838, he established the Loomis Observatory, currently the second oldest observatory in the United States."
tagline: "American science writer (1811–1889)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Loomis_Elias.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1811-08-07"
deathDate: "1889-08-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.745681333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "伊莱亚斯·罗密士"
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    title: "إلياس وميس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Elias Loomis"
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    title: "Elias Loomis"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Loomis"
    title: "Elias Loomis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Loomis"
    title: "Elias Loomis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Loomis"
    title: "Elias Loomis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Loomis"
    title: "Elias Loomis"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Loomis"
    title: "Elias Loomis"
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  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "ایلیاس لومس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump