# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karen-pryor
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:05:04.336Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karen-pryor"
name: "Karen Pryor"
slug: "karen-pryor"
description: "Karen Liane Pryor was an American author who specialized in behavioral psychology and marine mammal biology. She was the founder and proponent of clicker training.\nShe was formerly a Marine Mammal Commissioner to the U.S. government."
tagline: "American author"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karen_Pryor.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1932-05-14"
deathDate: "2025-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           9.028404
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://karenwpryor.com"
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    title: "Karen Pryor"
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    title: "Karen Pryor"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Pryor"
    title: "Karen Pryor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karen Pryor"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Прайор, Карен"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump