# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jedidiah-morse
# Generated: 2026-09-02T07:02:23.973Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jedidiah-morse"
name: "Jedidiah Morse"
slug: "jedidiah-morse"
description: "Jedidiah Morse was an American geographer and preacher whose textbooks became a staple for students in the United States. He was the father of the telegraphy pioneer and painter Samuel Morse, and his textbooks earned him the sobriquet of \"father of American geography\"."
tagline: "American geographer and clergyman (1761-1826)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jedidiah_Morse_by_Samuel_Finley_Breese_Morse.jpeg?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: "1761-08-23"
deathDate: "1826-06-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.53
  momentum:             0.07253886010362695
  historical:           5.501658666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedidiah_Morse"
    title: "Jedidiah Morse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedidiah_Morse"
    title: "Jedidiah Morse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedidiah_Morse"
    title: "Jedidiah Morse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%9C%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%86_%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B8"
    title: "ਜੇਦੀਦੀਆ ਮੋਰਸ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ジェディディア・モールス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedidiah_Morse"
    title: "Jedidiah Morse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1686158"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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