# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/j-j-stevenson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:18:25.315Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/j-j-stevenson"
name: "J. J. Stevenson"
slug: "j-j-stevenson"
description: "John James Stevenson was an American geologist, born in New York City. He graduated from New York University in 1863, became professor of chemistry at West Virginia University for two years (1869–71), then served as professor of geology at New York University until 1909. During 1873–74 and from 1878 to 1880 he was geologist for the United States Geological Survey. He also served on the Pennsylvania Geological Survey from 1875 to 1878 and from 1881 to 1882. He was president of the Geological Society of America in 1898."
tagline: "American geologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PSM_V51_D226_John_James_Stevenson_geologist.png?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: "1841-10-10"
deathDate: "1924-08-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.56
  momentum:             1.4
  historical:           3.935385333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جيه جيه ستيفنسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_James_Stevenson_(Geologe)"
    title: "John James Stevenson (Geologe)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Stevenson_(geologist)"
    title: "J. J. Stevenson (geologist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_James_Stevenson"
    title: "John James Stevenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15489424"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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