# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-r-sokal
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:01:44.876Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-r-sokal"
name: "Robert R. Sokal"
slug: "robert-r-sokal"
description: "Robert Reuven Sokal was an Austrian–American biostatistician and entomologist. Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the Stony Brook University, Sokal was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He promoted the use of statistics in biology and co-founded the field of numerical taxonomy, together with Peter H. A. Sneath."
tagline: "Austrian-American biostatistician and entomologist (1926-2012)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1926-01-13"
deathDate: "2012-04-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.81
  momentum:             0.2403846153846154
  historical:           7.207668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BD%97%E4%BC%AF%E7%89%B9%C2%B7R%C2%B7%E7%B4%A2%E5%8D%A1%E5%B0%94"
    title: "罗伯特·R·索卡尔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_R._Sokal"
    title: "Robert R. Sokal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A2%D8%B1._%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "روبيرت آر. سوكال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "رابرت راد سوکال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_R._Sokal"
    title: "Robert R. Sokal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_R._Sokal"
    title: "Robert R. Sokal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sokal"
    title: "Robert Sokal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sokal"
    title: "Robert Sokal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2158553"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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