# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-nicollet
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:17:26.584Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-nicollet"
name: "Joseph Nicollet"
slug: "joseph-nicollet"
description: "Joseph Nicolas Nicollet, also known as Jean-Nicolas Nicollet, was a French geographer, astronomer, and mathematician known for mapping the Upper Mississippi River basin during the 1830s. Nicollet led three expeditions in the region between the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, primarily in Minnesota, South Dakota, and North Dakota."
tagline: "French geographer, astronomer, and mathematician (1786–1843)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Nicollet_001.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1786-07-24"
deathDate: "1843-09-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             7.813492063492062
  historical:           11.15126133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ژوزف نیکولت"
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    title: "Joseph Nicollet"
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    title: "Joseph Nicollet"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump