# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruth-ella-moore
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:21:51.369Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruth-ella-moore"
name: "Ruth Ella Moore"
slug: "ruth-ella-moore"
description: "Ruth Ella Moore was an American bacteriologist and microbiologist, who, in 1933, became the first African-American woman to be awarded a Ph.D. in a natural science. She was a professor of bacteriology at Howard University. A decade later, she was installed as the head of the department of bacteriology, which she renamed to the department of microbiology. During that period she was promoted to associate professor of microbiology."
tagline: "American bacteriologist (1903–1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ruth_Ella_Moore.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1903"
deathDate: "1994-07-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.009576
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "روث إيلا مور"
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    title: "Ruth Ella Moore"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Ella_Moore"
    title: "Ruth Ella Moore"
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    title: "Рут Ела Мур"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump