# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-gannett
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:04:13.060Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-gannett"
name: "Henry Gannett"
slug: "henry-gannett"
description: "Henry Gannett was an American geographer who is described as the \"father of mapmaking in America.\" He was the chief geographer for the United States Geological Survey essentially from its founding until 1902."
tagline: "United States geographer (1846-1914)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry_Gannett.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1846-08-24"
deathDate: "1914-11-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.98
  momentum:             0.514018691588785
  historical:           5.0081
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  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "هنري غانيت"
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    title: "Henry Gannett"
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    title: "Henry Gannett"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump