# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ursula-cowgill
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:07:01.326Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ursula-cowgill"
name: "Ursula Cowgill"
slug: "ursula-cowgill"
description: "Ursula Moser Cowgill was a biologist and anthropologist who worked for Yale University, Dow Chemical Company and the University of Colorado during the second half of the 20th century. Her work includes studies of agricultural practices in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, seasons of birth in human beings, the relationship between cultural gender bias and infant mortality, and the possible role of selenium in reducing mortality from AIDS. She also looked after four pottos for many years and published a series of observations on their behaviour."
tagline: "American biologist and anthropologist"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1927-11-09"
deathDate: "2015-11-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.36
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.668394666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ursula Cowgill"
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    title: "أورسولا كاوجيل"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_Cowgill"
    title: "Ursula Cowgill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_Cowgill"
    title: "Ursula Cowgill"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_Cowgill"
    title: "Ursula Cowgill"
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  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_Cowgill"
    title: "Ursula Cowgill"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4794877"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump