# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ronald-numbers
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:59:49.411Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ronald-numbers"
name: "Ronald Numbers"
slug: "ronald-numbers"
description: "Ronald Leslie Numbers was an American historian of science. He was awarded the 2008 George Sarton Medal by the History of Science Society for \"a lifetime of exceptional scholarly achievement by a distinguished scholar\"."
tagline: "American historian of science (1942–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ronald_Numbers%2C_HSS_2008.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
  name: "Writers"
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1942-06-03"
deathDate: "2023-07-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump