# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-chorley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:02:56.777Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-chorley"
name: "Richard Chorley"
slug: "richard-chorley"
description: "Richard John Chorley was an English geographer, and professor of geography at Cambridge University, known as leading figure in quantitative geography in the late 20th century, who played an instrumental role in bringing in the use of systems theory to geography."
tagline: "English geographer (1927-2002)"
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birthDate: "1927-09-04"
deathDate: "2002-05-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump