# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-benedict-medlicott
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:10:48.106Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-benedict-medlicott"
name: "Henry Benedict Medlicott"
slug: "henry-benedict-medlicott"
description: "Henry Benedict Medlicott, FRS was an Irish geologist who worked in India. He was a coauthor of a text on the geology of India and is credited with the coining of the term \"Gondwana\" which was later used to create the concept of Gondwanaland."
tagline: "Irish geologist (1829–1905)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HenryBenedictMedlicott.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1829-08-03"
deathDate: "1905-04-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.7
  historical:           8.737905333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Henry Benedict Medlicott"
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    title: "ヘンリー・ベネディクト・メディコット"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump