# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-w-corner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:04:44.475Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-w-corner"
name: "George W. Corner"
slug: "george-w-corner"
description: "George Washington Corner FRS FRSE was an American physician, embryologist and pioneer of the contraceptive pill. He received an outstanding ten honorary degrees from various universities. He played a critical role in the discovery of progesterone. He was described as both a medical historian and a humanist."
tagline: "American anatomist and embryologist (1889–1981)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_W_Corner_07-1935.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1889-12-12"
deathDate: "1981-09-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.83
  momentum:             11.77655677655678
  historical:           4.603096
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "جورج دبليو. كورنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Corner"
    title: "George W. Corner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Corner"
    title: "George W. Corner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Corner"
    title: "George W. Corner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%8F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%9F_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Џорџ Кона"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1508419"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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