# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ignace-gelb
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:04:12.764Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ignace-gelb"
name: "Ignace Gelb"
slug: "ignace-gelb"
description: "Ignace Jay Gelb was a Polish-American Assyriologist who pioneered the scientific study of writing systems."
tagline: "American historian (1907-1985)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/33/Ignancegelb.png"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Academic"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1907-10-14"
deathDate: "1985-12-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.712683271506803
  historical:           10.47905066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ігнас Гельб"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ايجناس جيلب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignace_Gelb"
    title: "Ignace Gelb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ignace Gelb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignace_Gelb"
    title: "Ignace Gelb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignace_Gelb"
    title: "Ignace Gelb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignace_Jay_Gelb"
    title: "Ignace Jay Gelb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "イグナス・ゲルブ"
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    title: "Ignace Gelb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignace_Gelb"
    title: "Ignace Gelb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%2C_%D0%98%D0%B3%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Гельб, Игнас"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump