# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mary-louisa-willard
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:29:44.650Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mary-louisa-willard"
name: "Mary Louisa Willard"
slug: "mary-louisa-willard"
description: "Mary Louisa Willard was an American chemist and forensic scientist internationally recognized for both her expertise in chemical microscopy and forensic science. Serving as a professor at Pennsylvania State University from 1921 until her retirement in 1964, she played a pivotal role in assisting law enforcement agencies globally with criminal investigations, earning her such monikers as \"Lady Sherlock.\""
tagline: "American forensic scientist (1898-1993)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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birthDate: "1898-05-19"
deathDate: "1993-04-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.003204
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ماري لويزا ويلارد"
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    title: "Mary Louisa Willard"
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    title: "Mary Louisa Willard"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Louisa_Willard"
    title: "Mary Louisa Willard"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Louisa_Willard"
    title: "Mary Louisa Willard"
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  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Louisa_Willard"
    title: "Mary Louisa Willard"
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  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Louisa_Willard"
    title: "Mary Louisa Willard"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump