# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stewart-springer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:31:50.240Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stewart-springer"
name: "Stewart Springer"
slug: "stewart-springer"
description: "Stewart Springer was an American ichthyologist and herpetologist. He was an expert on shark behavior, classification (taxonomy), and population distribution. More than 35 species of sharks, skates, rays, and other creatures are either classified by or named after him."
tagline: "American biologist and ichthyologist (1906-1991)"
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: "1906-06-05"
deathDate: "1991-08-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.08
  momentum:             4.974226804123711
  historical:           5.471022666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Springer"
    title: "Stewart Springer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA%D8%B1"
    title: "ستيوارت سبرينغر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Springer"
    title: "Stewart Springer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%8E%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%A1%D0%BF%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Стюарт Спрінгер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Springer"
    title: "Stewart Springer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Springer"
    title: "Stewart Springer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3499355"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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