# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerald-j-wasserburg
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:39:24.243Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerald-j-wasserburg"
name: "Gerald J. Wasserburg"
slug: "gerald-j-wasserburg"
description: "Gerald J. Wasserburg was an American geologist. At the time of his death, he was the John D. MacArthur Professor of Geology and Geophysics, emeritus, at the California Institute of Technology. He was known for his work in the fields of isotope geochemistry, cosmochemistry, meteoritics, and astrophysics."
tagline: "American geologist (1927-2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DHC_005_000038_Gerald_Joseph_Wasserburg.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1927-03-25"
deathDate: "2016-06-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump