# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joanne-simpson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:14:45.679Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joanne-simpson"
name: "Joanne Simpson"
slug: "joanne-simpson"
description: "Joanne Simpson was the first woman in the United States to receive a Ph.D. in meteorology, which she received in 1949 from the University of Chicago. Simpson received both her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Chicago, and did post-doctoral work at Dartmouth College. She was a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and taught and researched meteorology at numerous universities as well as the federal government. Simpson contributed to many areas of the atmospheric sciences, particularly in the field of tropical meteorology. She has researched hot towers, hurricanes, the trade winds, air-sea interactions, and helped develop the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)."
tagline: "American meteorologist (1923–2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joanne_Simpson_meteorologist_in_the_1970s.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1923-03-23"
deathDate: "2010-03-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.344169333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Joanne Simpson"
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    title: "جوان سيمبسون"
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    title: "Joanne Simpson"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanne_Malkus_Simpson"
    title: "Joanne Malkus Simpson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanne_Simpson"
    title: "Joanne Simpson"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanne_Simpson"
    title: "Joanne Simpson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joanne Simpson"
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    title: "Joanne Simpson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump