# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-c-krumbein
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:24:28.468Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-c-krumbein"
name: "William C. Krumbein"
slug: "william-c-krumbein"
description: "William Christian Krumbein was a notable geologist, after whom the Krumbein Medal of the International Association for Mathematical Geology (IAMG) was named. This medal was established at the 25th International Geological Congress in Sydney, in 1976. Krumbein was a founding officer of the IAMG."
tagline: "American geologist (1902–1979)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1902-01-28"
deathDate: "1979-08-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.001728
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Krumbein"
    title: "William C. Krumbein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Krumbein"
    title: "William C. Krumbein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Krumbein"
    title: "William C. Krumbein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Крумбейн, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD"
    title: "Вільям Крумбейн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1773305"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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