# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/russell-w-peterson
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:43:53.361Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/russell-w-peterson"
name: "Russell W. Peterson"
slug: "russell-w-peterson"
description: "Russell Wilbur Peterson was an American scientist and politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He served as Governor of Delaware as a member of the Republican Party. An influential environmentalist, he served as chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality and president of the National Audubon Society."
tagline: "American politician and chemist (1916-2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Senator_Tom_Carper_was_on_hand_to_celebrate_Governor_Russ_Peterson_and_the_opening_of_the_Russell_W._Peterson_Wildlife_Refuge_and_DuPont_Education_Center_(03)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1916-10-03"
deathDate: "2011-02-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.410714285714286
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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sources:
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    title: "روسل دبلیو. پترزون"
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    title: "Russell W. Peterson"
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    title: "Russell W. Peterson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump