# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-p-sharp
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:31:10.519Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-p-sharp"
name: "Robert P. Sharp"
slug: "robert-p-sharp"
description: "Robert Phillip Sharp was an American geomorphologist and expert on the geological surfaces of the Earth and the planet Mars. Sharp served as the chairman of the Division of Geological Sciences at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) from 1952 to 1968. He built the modern department and especially recruited new faculty in geochemistry, tectonic geomorphology, planetary science, and field geology."
tagline: "American geologist and planetary scientist (1911–2004)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1911-06-24"
deathDate: "2004-05-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.46
  momentum:             0.9219858156028368
  historical:           5.872210666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_P._Sharp"
    title: "Robert P. Sharp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_P._Sharp"
    title: "Robert P. Sharp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_P._Sharp"
    title: "Robert P. Sharp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sharp"
    title: "Robert Sharp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%BE%DB%8C._%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%BE"
    title: "رابرت پی. شارپ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sharp"
    title: "Robert Sharp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7348239"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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