# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pentti-eskola
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:06:29.209Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pentti-eskola"
name: "Pentti Eskola"
slug: "pentti-eskola"
description: "Pentti Elias Eskola was a Finnish geologist who specialised in the petrology of granites and developed the concept of metamorphic facies. He won the Wollaston Medal in 1958, the Vetlesen Prize in 1964, and was given a state funeral upon his death. The mineral eskolaite is named in his honor."
tagline: "Finnish geologist (1883–1964)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pentti_Eskola_(1883%E2%80%931964).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1883-01-08"
deathDate: "1964-12-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Pentti Eskola"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump