# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-homer-simpson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:21:00.229Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-homer-simpson"
name: "Robert Homer Simpson"
slug: "robert-homer-simpson"
description: "Robert H. Simpson was an American meteorologist, hurricane specialist, first director of the National Hurricane Research Project (NHRP) from 1955 to 1959, and a former director (1967–1974) of the National Hurricane Center (NHC). He was the co-developer of the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale with Herbert Saffir. His wife was Joanne Simpson."
tagline: "American meteorologist (1912–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_H._Simpson_in_1956.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1912-11-19"
deathDate: "2014-12-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.25
  momentum:             11.64179104477612
  historical:           8.546797333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "رابرت سیمپسون (هواشناس)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Simpson_(meteorologist)"
    title: "Robert Simpson (meteorologist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Simpson_(meteorologi)"
    title: "Robert Simpson (meteorologi)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Simpson_(m%C3%A9t%C3%A9orologue)"
    title: "Robert Simpson (météorologue)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Simpson"
    title: "Bob Simpson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Simpson"
    title: "Robert Simpson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Simpson_(meteorologista)"
    title: "Robert Simpson (meteorologista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Simpson_(meteorologist)"
    title: "Robert Simpson (meteorologist)"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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