# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-dwight-dana
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:54:47.978Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/james-dwight-dana"
name: "James Dwight Dana"
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description: "James Dwight Dana FRS FRSE was an American geologist, mineralogist, volcanologist, and zoologist. He made pioneering studies of mountain-building, volcanic activity, and the origin and structure of continents and oceans around the world."
tagline: "American mineralogist, scientist and zoologist (1813-1895)"
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country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1813-02-12"
deathDate: "1895-04-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump