# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/glynn-isaac
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:08:25.636Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/glynn-isaac"
name: "Glynn Isaac"
slug: "glynn-isaac"
description: "Glynn Llywelyn Isaac was a South African archaeologist who specialised in the very early prehistory of Africa, and was one of twin sons born to botanists William Edwyn Isaac and Frances Margaret Leighton. He has been called the most influential Africanist of the last half century, and his papers on human movement and behavior are still cited in studies a quarter of a century later."
tagline: "South African archeologist (1937–1985)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Archaeologist_Glynn_Isaac_at_Tortoise_Cave%2C_near_Elands_Bay%2C_South_Africa_(441051302).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1937-11-19"
deathDate: "1985-10-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.92
  momentum:             3.333333333333333
  historical:           7.204824
  currentAttention:     18.51851851851852
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B6%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF"
    title: "グリン・アイザック"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%82"
    title: "غلين إسحاق"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%82"
    title: "جلين اسحاق"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glynn_Isaac"
    title: "Glynn Isaac"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glynn_Isaac"
    title: "Glynn Isaac"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glynn_Isaac"
    title: "Glynn Isaac"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glynn_Isaac"
    title: "Glynn Isaac"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glynn_Isaac"
    title: "Glynn Isaac"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1532526"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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