# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-frederic-matthew
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:30:27.487Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-frederic-matthew"
name: "George Frederic Matthew"
slug: "george-frederic-matthew"
description: "George Frederick Matthew was a Canadian botanist and geologist. Described as an amateur geologist, he is nevertheless recognized for his work in the then-nascent field of ichnology. His work grew from study of Cambro-Ordovician rocks near his birthplace, leading to the description of new genera and species of ichnofossils. His early interest in geology may have been inspired by local access to the Abraham Gesner geological collection."
tagline: "Canadian scientist (1837-1923)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1837-08-12"
deathDate: "1923-04-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.29
  momentum:             0.1785714285714286
  historical:           6.335385333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frederick_Matthew"
    title: "George Frederick Matthew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88"
    title: "جورج فريدريك ماثيو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88"
    title: "جورج فريدريك ماثيو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frederic_Matthew"
    title: "George Frederic Matthew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frederick_Matthew"
    title: "George Frederick Matthew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frederick_Matthew"
    title: "George Frederick Matthew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frederick_Matthew"
    title: "George Frederick Matthew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1507376"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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