# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruth-kark
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:03:18.700Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruth-kark"
name: "Ruth Kark"
slug: "ruth-kark"
description: "Ruth Kark is an Israeli historical geographer and professor of geography at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Professor Kark is a well-known researcher and expert in the field of the historical geography of Palestine and Israel. Kark is the 2025 Israel Prize latureate in the field of geographical research and knowledge of the Land of Israel."
tagline: "Israeli historical geographer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RuthKark2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "IL"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
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  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1941-03-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.808136
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Ruth Kark"
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    title: "Ruth Kark"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump