# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/theodore-l-brown
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:34:00.059Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/theodore-l-brown"
name: "Theodore L. Brown"
slug: "theodore-l-brown"
description: "Theodore Lawrence Brown was an American scientist known for research, teaching, and writing in the field of physical inorganic chemistry, a university administrator, and a philosopher of science. In addition to his research publications, Brown has written textbooks on general chemistry and science communication which have been published in multiple languages and used in multiple countries. He was a professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he has also held the administrative positions of vice chancellor for research and dean of the graduate college (1980–1986). He was the founding director emeritus of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. He died at home on March 24, 2026, after a brief illness."
tagline: "American scientist known for research, teaching, and writing in the field of physical inorganic chemistry, a university administrator, and a philosopher of science"
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: "1928-10-15"
deathDate: "2026-03-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.56
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.139669333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DA%BE%D9%88%DA%88%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86"
    title: "تھوڈور ایل براؤن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ثيودور لورنس براون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84._%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ثيود ال. براون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A6%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%84%D9%88_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "تئودور لو براون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_L._Brown"
    title: "Theodore L. Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_L._Brown"
    title: "Theodore L. Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_L._Brown"
    title: "Theodore L. Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6145740"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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