# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elmer-s-riggs
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:31:34.748Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elmer-s-riggs"
name: "Elmer S. Riggs"
slug: "elmer-s-riggs"
description: "Elmer Samuel Riggs was an American paleontologist known for his work with the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois."
tagline: "American paleontologist (1869–1963)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Altithorax.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1869-01-23"
deathDate: "1963-03-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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    title: "Elmer S. Riggs"
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    title: "Elmer S. Riggs"
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    title: "المر اس. ریگگس"
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    title: "Elmer S. Riggs"
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    title: "Elmer S. Riggs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Elmer S. Riggs"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump