# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elvin-c-stakman
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:13:21.201Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elvin-c-stakman"
name: "Elvin C. Stakman"
slug: "elvin-c-stakman"
description: "Elvin Charles Stakman was an American plant pathologist who was a pioneer of methods of identifying and combatting disease in wheat. He became an internationally renowned phytopathologist for his studies of the genetics and epidemiology of stem rust. Stakman is credited with improving crop yields both in North America and worldwide as part of the Green Revolution."
tagline: "American mycologist (1885-1979)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elvin_Charles_Stakman_AAAS_1947.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
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  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1885-05-17"
deathDate: "1979-01-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.5
  momentum:             2.282608695652174
  historical:           4.604068
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump