# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-edward-backus
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:43:05.089Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-edward-backus"
name: "George Edward Backus"
slug: "george-edward-backus"
description: "George Edward Backus is an American geophysicist, best known for his work with J. Freeman Gilbert on inverse methods for geophysical data. He is also notably credited with advancing the dynamo theory on the origin of the Earth's magnetic field."
tagline: "American geophysicist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1930-05-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.mpl.ucsd.edu/cg/people/gbackus.html"
sources:
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    title: "جۆرج ئێدوارد باکوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جورج ادوارد باكوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Edward_Backus"
    title: "George Edward Backus"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Edward_Backus"
    title: "George Edward Backus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Edward_Backus"
    title: "George Edward Backus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5538860"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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