# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/merton-davies
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:16:41.729Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/merton-davies"
name: "Merton Davies"
slug: "merton-davies"
description: "Merton E. Davies was a pioneer of America's space program, first in Earth reconnaissance and later in planetary exploration and mapping. He graduated from Stanford University in 1938 and worked for the Douglas Aircraft corporation in the 1940s. He worked as a member of RAND Corporation after it split off from Douglas in 1948 and for the remainder of his career."
tagline: "American astronomer (1917–2001)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Merton_E._Davies.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1917-09-13"
deathDate: "2001-04-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.75
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.669186666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Merton Edward Davies"
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    title: "ميرتون إي. ديفيز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ميرتون اى. ديفيز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merton_E._Davies"
    title: "Merton E. Davies"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merton_E._Davies"
    title: "Merton E. Davies"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA"
    title: "マートン・デイヴィーズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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