# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-p-merrill
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:06:59.456Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-p-merrill"
name: "George P. Merrill"
slug: "george-p-merrill"
description: "George Perkins Merrill was an American geologist, notable as the head curator from 1917 to 1929 of the Department of Geology, United States National Museum."
tagline: "American geologist and scientific writer (1854–1929)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_P._Merrill%2C_head_curator_of_the_National_Museum%2C_with_the_largest_perfect_crystal_globe_in_the_world%2C_Washington%2C_D.C._(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1854-05-31"
deathDate: "1929-08-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.53
  momentum:             0.2150537634408602
  historical:           5.670086666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Perkins_Merrill"
    title: "George Perkins Merrill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%86%D8%B2_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "جورج بيركنز ميريل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Perkins_Merrill"
    title: "George Perkins Merrill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%B2_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%84"
    title: "جارج پرکنز میرل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ジョージ・パーキンス・メリル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Джордж Меррілл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5543337"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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