# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-wetherill
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:55:45.285Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-wetherill"
name: "George Wetherill"
slug: "george-wetherill"
description: "George Wetherill was an American physicist and geologist. He was the director emeritus of the department of terrestrial magnetism at the Carnegie Institution of Washington."
tagline: "American physicist (1925–2006)"
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category:
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birthDate: "1925-08-12"
deathDate: "2006-07-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump