# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/heinrich-ries
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:08:39.890Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/heinrich-ries"
name: "Heinrich Ries"
slug: "heinrich-ries"
description: "Heinrich Ries was an American economic geologist, born in Brooklyn, New York, and educated at Columbia University and at the University of Berlin. He was employed principally at Cornell University, initially as an instructor (1898–1902), as an assistant professor (1902–1905), as professor, and as head of the geological department. Professor Ries made numerous reports on clay published by the United States Geological Survey, the New York State Geological Survey and the Canadian Geological Survey."
tagline: "American geologist (1871–1951)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HeinrichRies_1897.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: "1871-04-30"
deathDate: "1951-04-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.668862666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Heinrich Ries"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هينريتش رييس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Heinrich Ries"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Ries"
    title: "Heinrich Ries"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Ries"
    title: "Heinrich Ries"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%85"
    title: "Райс, Генрих"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5700314"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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