# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/irit-meir
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:19:14.030Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/irit-meir"
name: "Irit Meir"
slug: "irit-meir"
description: "Irit Meir was an Israeli linguist, who specialized in the linguistics of sign languages. She was an associate professor in the Department of Hebrew Language and the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Haifa, and the associate director of the Sign Language Research Lab."
tagline: "Israeli linguist (1957–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Irit_Meir_10-2004.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1957-08-18"
deathDate: "2018-02-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.61
  momentum:             5.454545454545454
  historical:           4.602376
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D9%85%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "اريت مئير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irit_Meir"
    title: "Irit Meir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irit_Meir"
    title: "Irit Meir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A8"
    title: "עירית מאיר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%A6%D8%B1"
    title: "ایریت میئر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51346626"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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