# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerhard-lenski
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:27:17.368Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerhard-lenski"
name: "Gerhard Lenski"
slug: "gerhard-lenski"
description: "Gerhard Emmanuel \"Gerry\" Lenski, Jr. was an American sociologist known for contributions to the sociology of religion, social inequality, and introducing the ecological-evolutionary theory. He spent much of his career as a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he served as chair of the Department of Sociology, 1969–72, and as chair of the Division of Social Sciences, 1976–78."
tagline: "American sociologist (1924-2015)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1924-08-13"
deathDate: "2015-12-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.8277404921700224
  historical:           10.28409066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Gerhard Lenski"
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    title: "Gerhard Lenski"
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    title: "Gerhard Lenski"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump