# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matthew-stirling
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:39:30.802Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matthew-stirling"
name: "Matthew Stirling"
slug: "matthew-stirling"
description: "Matthew Williams Stirling was an American ethnologist, archaeologist and later an administrator at several scientific institutions in the field. He is best known for his discoveries relating to the Olmec civilization.\nMuch of his work was done with his \"wife and constant collaborator\" of 42 years Marion Stirling."
tagline: "American Mesoamericanist (1896–1975)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matthew_and_Marion_Stirling_in_Veracruz%2C_Mexico.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1896-08-28"
deathDate: "1975-01-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.480582524271844
  historical:           9.150361333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ماثيو ستيرلينج"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Williams_Stirling"
    title: "Matthew Williams Stirling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Stirling"
    title: "Matthew Stirling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Stirling"
    title: "Matthew Stirling"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Matthew Stirling"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump