# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-freeman-gilbert
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:51:35.566Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-freeman-gilbert"
name: "James Freeman Gilbert"
slug: "james-freeman-gilbert"
description: "James Freeman Gilbert was an American geophysicist, best known for his work with George E. Backus on inverting geophysical data, and also for his role in establishing an international network of long-period seismometers."
tagline: "American geophysicist (1931-2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Grandad.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: "1931-08-09"
deathDate: "2014-08-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "James Freeman Gilbert"
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    title: "جيمس فريمان غيلبرت"
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    title: "جەیمس فریمان جیلبێرت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Freeman_Gilbert"
    title: "James Freeman Gilbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Freeman Gilbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Freeman Gilbert"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump