# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/t-wayland-vaughan
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:43:15.862Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/t-wayland-vaughan"
name: "T. Wayland Vaughan"
slug: "t-wayland-vaughan"
description: "Thomas Wayland Vaughan was an American geologist and oceanographer. He worked with the United States Geological Survey and United States National Museum, investigating the geology of the West Indies, Panama Canal Zone, and the eastern coast of North America. In 1924 Vaughan became director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and held the post until his retirement in 1936. His research work concentrated on the study of corals and coral reefs, the investigation of larger foraminifera, and oceanography."
tagline: "U.S. geologist, paleontologist, and cnidariologist (1870–1952)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_Wayland_Vaughan.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: "1870-09-20"
deathDate: "1952-01-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.24
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.473038666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Thomas Wayland Vaughan"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._Wayland_Vaughan"
    title: "T. Wayland Vaughan"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._Wayland_Vaughan"
    title: "T. Wayland Vaughan"
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  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%B9%DB%8C_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%88_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ٹی ویلینڈ وان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wayland_Vaughan"
    title: "Thomas Wayland Vaughan"
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  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wayland_Vaughan"
    title: "Thomas Wayland Vaughan"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1763339"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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