# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nelson-horatio-darton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:35:52.385Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nelson-horatio-darton"
name: "Nelson Horatio Darton"
slug: "nelson-horatio-darton"
description: "Nelson Horatio Darton was a geologist who worked for the United States Geological Survey. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, started working in his uncle's drug business at thirteen years old, and becoming a practicing chemist. His interest in geology started as a sideline, and he was hired by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1886."
tagline: "American geologist (1865-1948)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nelson_Horatio_Darton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1865-12-17"
deathDate: "1948-02-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.88
  momentum:             15.44086021505376
  historical:           4.137833333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Horatio_Darton"
    title: "Nelson Horatio Darton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Horatio_Darton"
    title: "Nelson Horatio Darton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Horatio_Darton"
    title: "Nelson Horatio Darton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Horatio_Darton"
    title: "Nelson Horatio Darton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1977012"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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