# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-reiss
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:54:23.964Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-reiss"
name: "Wilhelm Reiss"
slug: "wilhelm-reiss"
description: "Wilhelm Reiss was a German geologist and explorer born in Mannheim. Along with Angel Escobar, he was the first person to scale Cotopaxi in (1872), and with vulcanologist Alphons Stübel, he was the first to ascend Tungurahua (1873)."
tagline: "German geologist (1838-1908)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wilhelm_Rei%C3%9F.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1838-06-13"
deathDate: "1908-09-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15.68181818181818
  historical:           9.406768
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Вилхелм Райс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Rei%C3%9F"
    title: "Wilhelm Reiß"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Reiss"
    title: "Wilhelm Reiss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Rei%C3%9F"
    title: "Wilhelm Reiß"
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  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Reiss"
    title: "Wilhelm Reiss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Reiss"
    title: "Wilhelm Reiss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Rei%C3%9F"
    title: "Wilhelm Reiß"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump