# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emile-argand
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:56:12.714Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emile-argand"
name: "Émile Argand"
slug: "emile-argand"
description: "Émile Argand was a Swiss geologist. He founded the Geological Institute of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Argand is known for his study of the Alps, and was an early proponent of Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift. Argand published a tectonic map of Asia, for which he was awarded the Spendiarov Prize. He also won the Marcel Benoist Prize. A road, a region on the moon and a series of conferences in Europe are named after him, and the International Union of Geological Sciences' highest award is named the Emile Argand Medal."
tagline: "Swiss geologist (1879-1940)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1879-01-06"
deathDate: "1940-09-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.40558
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Émile Argand"
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    title: "إميل أرغاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Argand"
    title: "Émile Argand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Argand"
    title: "Émile Argand"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Argand"
    title: "Émile Argand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Argand"
    title: "Émile Argand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A_%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98"
    title: "ემილ არგანი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Арган, Эмиль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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