# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-louis-mercanton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:57:56.352Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-louis-mercanton"
name: "Paul Louis Mercanton"
slug: "paul-louis-mercanton"
description: "Paul-Louis Mercanton was a Swiss glaciologist, meteorologist and Arctic explorer."
tagline: "Swiss glaciologist and meteorologist (1876-1963)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Louis_Mercanton%2C_1919.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1876-05-11"
deathDate: "1963-02-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.47
  momentum:             1.204819277108434
  historical:           4.803348
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "بول لويس ميركانتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul-Louis_Mercanton"
    title: "Paul-Louis Mercanton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Louis_Mercanton"
    title: "Paul Louis Mercanton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul-Louis_Mercanton"
    title: "Paul-Louis Mercanton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul-Louis_Mercanton"
    title: "Paul-Louis Mercanton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3370332"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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