# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/otto-ampferer
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:50:31.131Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/otto-ampferer"
name: "Otto Ampferer"
slug: "otto-ampferer"
description: "Otto Ampferer was an Austrian alpinist and geologist. To explain the complex processes of Orogeny, he developed his \"theory of undercurrent\" with the idea of a partially plastic deep Earth's crust (asthenosphere). He became – even before Alfred Wegener – the pioneer of the modern view of continental drift."
tagline: "Austrian geologist (1875-1947)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Otto_Ampferer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Austria"
  isoCode: "AT"
birthDate: "1875-12-01"
deathDate: "1947-07-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.63
  momentum:             1.69811320754717
  historical:           5.673866666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Ampferer"
    title: "Otto Ampferer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%A3%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B1"
    title: "أوتو أمبفيرر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B1"
    title: "اوتو امفيرر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%9E%D1%82%D1%82%D0%BE"
    title: "Ампферер, Отто"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Ampferer"
    title: "Otto Ampferer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Ampferer"
    title: "Otto Ampferer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88311"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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