# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ferdinand-rudolph-hassler
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:12:11.720Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ferdinand-rudolph-hassler"
name: "Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler"
slug: "ferdinand-rudolph-hassler"
description: "Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler was a Swiss-American surveyor who is considered the forefather of both the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for his achievements as the first Superintendent of the U.S. Survey of the Coast and the first U.S. Superintendent of Weights and Measures."
tagline: "Swiss-American mathematician and surveyor (1770-1843)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/FerdinandHassler.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1770-10-07"
deathDate: "1843-11-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.541973333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "فرديناند رودولف هاسلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "فرديناند رودولف هاسلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Rudolph_Hassler"
    title: "Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Rudolph_Hassler"
    title: "Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Rudolph_Hassler"
    title: "Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Rudolph_Hassler"
    title: "Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120552"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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