# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emile-riviere
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:46:42.447Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emile-riviere"
name: "Émile Rivière"
slug: "emile-riviere"
description: "Émile-Valère Rivière de Précourt was a French physician and specialist in prehistory who conducted explorations of caves in the region for human remains. He was known for his cave research at Balzi Rossi in Ventimiglia in Liguria and La Mouthe in Dordogne. He coined the term speleology. He was a founder of the prehistory society of France."
tagline: "French speleologist (1835–1922)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%C3%89mile_Rivi%C3%A8re_-_portrait_1875_par_Quinet.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1835-04-22"
deathDate: "1922-01-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.41
  momentum:             3.707865168539326
  historical:           4.804392
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "اميل ريفيير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Rivi%C3%A8re"
    title: "Émile Rivière"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Rivi%C3%A8re"
    title: "Émile Rivière"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Rivi%C3%A8re"
    title: "Émile Rivière"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Rivi%C3%A8re"
    title: "Émile Rivière"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3588721"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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