# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frances-gamble
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:50:07.784Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frances-gamble"
name: "Frances Gamble"
slug: "frances-gamble"
description: "Frances Gamble (1949–1997) was a South African climatologist and speleologist. Her work on cave conservation was extensive and pioneering. She evaluated cave ecosystems and conservation policies which were necessary to protect them. Gamble was one of the founders of the Cave Research Organisation of South Africa, which aimed at improving the scientific and professional development of speleology in South Africa. She was president of the Environmental Education Association of South Africa from 1986 to 1989 and of the South African Geographical Society from 1989 to 1991. At a time when Apartheid limited collaboration for South African researchers, she built networks internationally to facilitate research."
tagline: "South African speleologist, geographer and environmentalist"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
birthDate: "1949"
deathDate: "1997-03-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           31.53
  momentum:             0.3571428571428572
  historical:           5.067710666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Gamble"
    title: "Frances Gamble"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Gamble"
    title: "Frances Gamble"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Gamble"
    title: "Frances Gamble"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Gamble"
    title: "Frances Gamble"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Gamble"
    title: "Frances Gamble"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Gamble"
    title: "Frances Gamble"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109797030"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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