# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leslie-a-geddes
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:35:15.991Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leslie-a-geddes"
name: "Leslie A. Geddes"
slug: "leslie-a-geddes"
description: "Leslie Alexander Geddes was an electrical engineer and physiologist. He conducted research in electromyography, cardiac output, cardiac pacing, ventricular defibrillation, and blood pressure. He discovered and demonstrated precisely the optimal sites on the chest for defibrillation or pacing."
tagline: "British engineer"
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: "1921-05-24"
deathDate: "2009-10-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.65
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.135781333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_A._Geddes"
    title: "Leslie A. Geddes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ليزلي جيديس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ليزلى جيديس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3"
    title: "لسلی قدس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%B8"
    title: "লেসলি আলেক্সান্ডার গেডস"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_A._Geddes"
    title: "Leslie A. Geddes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%DB%8C_%DA%AF%D8%AF%D8%B3"
    title: "لسلی گدس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6530578"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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