# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vaino-auer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:59:32.966Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vaino-auer"
name: "Väinö Auer"
slug: "vaino-auer"
description: "Väinö Auer, the son of senator Kyösti Auer, was a Finnish geologist and geographer, chiefly remembered as an explorer of Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia. He is also noted for his pioneering studies on tephrochronology, desertification, and the development of bogs."
tagline: "Finnish geologist (1895-1981)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vaino-Auer-1929.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1895-01-07"
deathDate: "1981-03-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.49
  momentum:             3.418803418803419
  historical:           7.205652000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4011265/"
    handle:    "nm4011265"
sources:
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    title: "Väinö Auer"
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    title: "فاينو أوير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Väinö Auer"
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    title: "Väinö Auer"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Auer"
    title: "Väinö Auer"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Auer"
    title: "Väinö Auer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Auer"
    title: "Väinö Auer"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Auer"
    title: "Väinö Auer"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump