# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stephen-alfred-forbes
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:19:14.406Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stephen-alfred-forbes"
name: "Stephen Alfred Forbes"
slug: "stephen-alfred-forbes"
description: "Stephen Alfred Forbes was the first chief of the Illinois Natural History Survey, a founder of aquatic ecosystem science and a dominant figure in the rise of American ecology. His publications are striking for their merger of extensive field observations with conceptual insights. Forbes believed that ecological knowledge was fundamental for human well being. Forbes was important to the development of ecological theory. He was acknowledged by the National Academy of Sciences as \"the founder of the science of ecology in the United States\"."
tagline: "American naturalist (1844–1930)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stephen_Alfred_Forbes_001.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Academic"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1844-05-29"
deathDate: "1930-03-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.80468
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Стефан Алфред Форбс"
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    title: "ستيفن الفرد فوربس"
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    title: "Stephen Alfred Forbes"
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    title: "Stephen Alfred Forbes"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump