# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-e-murdoch
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:42:12.262Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-e-murdoch"
name: "John E. Murdoch"
slug: "john-e-murdoch"
description: "John Emery Murdoch was an American historian of science. Educated in philosophy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Murdoch spent most of his career at Harvard University. At Harvard, he was Professor of History of Science and Chair of the Department from 1966 to 1971 and 1974 to 1975. He specialized in ancient and medieval medicine and philosophy, and published numerous materials on the topic. Murdoch was awarded the George Sarton Medal in 2009 for his scholarship."
tagline: "American philosopher of science (1927–2010)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1927-05-10"
deathDate: "2010-09-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "John E. Murdoch"
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    title: "John E. Murdoch"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Emery_Murdoch"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump