# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/spencer-r-weart
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:37:49.045Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/spencer-r-weart"
name: "Spencer R. Weart"
slug: "spencer-r-weart"
description: "Spencer R. Weart is the former director of the Center for History of Physics of the American Institute of Physics (AIP) from 1971 until his retirement in 2009. Originally trained as a physicist, he is now a historian of science."
tagline: "American physicist and historian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Spencer_R._Weart%2C_HSS_2008.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1942-03-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             9.166666666666666
  historical:           7.407812
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "斯宾塞·R·沃特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سپينسير آر. وايرت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Spencer R. Weart"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_R._Weart"
    title: "Spencer R. Weart"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%B1_%D8%A2%D8%B1._%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "اسپنسر آر. وارت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Spencer R. Weart"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "スペンサー・ワート"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Уирт, Спенсер"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump