# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-ferrel
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:06:39.103Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/william-ferrel"
name: "William Ferrel"
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description: "William Ferrel was an American meteorologist who developed theories that explained the mid-latitude atmospheric circulation cell in detail, and it is after him that the Ferrel cell is named."
tagline: "American metereologist (1817–1891)"
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birthDate: "1817-01-29"
deathDate: "1891-09-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump