# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steve-sparks
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:04:15.504Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steve-sparks"
name: "Steve Sparks"
slug: "steve-sparks"
description: "Sir Robert Stephen John Sparks, is Chaning Wills Professor of Geology in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol. He is one of the world's leading volcanologists and has been widely recognised his pioneering research into the physics of eruptions, volcanic geology, igneous petrology, volcanic hazards and risk assessment, and wider services to the science community."
tagline: "British volcanologist (born 1949)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1949-05-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.7
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.405868
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%81%2C_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Спаркс, Стивен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "روبرت ستيفن جون سباركس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9"
    title: "رابرت استفان جان اسپارک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stephen_John_Sparks"
    title: "Robert Stephen John Sparks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Sparks_(volcanologist)"
    title: "Steve Sparks (volcanologist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stephen_John_Sparks"
    title: "Robert Stephen John Sparks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9"
    title: "スティーヴン・スパークス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stephen_John_Sparks"
    title: "Robert Stephen John Sparks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2158896"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump