# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eugene-cook-bingham
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:22:42.934Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/eugene-cook-bingham"
name: "Eugene Cook Bingham"
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description: "Eugene Cook Bingham was a professor and head of the department of chemistry at Lafayette College. Bingham made many contributions to rheology, a term he is credited with introducing. He was a pioneer in both its theory and practice. The type of fluid known as a Bingham plastic or Bingham Fluid is named after him, as is Bingham Stress. He was also one of the people responsible for the construction of the Appalachian Trail."
tagline: "American chemist"
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birthDate: "1878-12-08"
deathDate: "1945-11-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump