# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pierre-bouguer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:29:30.106Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pierre-bouguer"
name: "Pierre Bouguer"
slug: "pierre-bouguer"
description: "Pierre Bouguer was a French mathematician, geophysicist, geodesist, and astronomer. He is also known as \"the father of naval architecture\". In optics, he is known for making the first numerical photometric measurement."
tagline: "French astronomer and mathematician (1698-1758)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pierre_Bouguer_-_Jean-Baptiste_Perronneau.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1698-02-16"
deathDate: "1758-08-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.39953733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump