# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-petrunkevitch
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:19:13.510Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-petrunkevitch"
name: "Alexander Petrunkevitch"
slug: "alexander-petrunkevitch"
description: "Alexander Ivanovitch Petrunkevitch was a Russian arachnologist. From 1910 to 1939, he described over 130 spider species. One of his most famous essays was \"The Spider and the Wasp.\" In it he uses effective word choices and some comic touch."
tagline: "Russian arachnologist (1875–1964)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander_Ivanovitch_Petrunkevitch_(%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1875-12-12"
deathDate: "1964-03-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.49
  momentum:             4.719780219780221
  historical:           9.805868
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%86%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Петрункевич Олександр Іванович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "الكسندر بترونكيفيتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Iwanowitsch_Petrunkewitsch"
    title: "Alexander Iwanowitsch Petrunkewitsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Petrunkevitch"
    title: "Alexander Petrunkevitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Petrunkevitch"
    title: "Alexander Petrunkevitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Petrunkevitch"
    title: "Alexander Petrunkevitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Pietrunkiewicz"
    title: "Aleksandr Pietrunkiewicz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Petrunkevitch"
    title: "Alexander Petrunkevitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Петрункевич, Александр Иванович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Ivanovitch_Petrunkevitch"
    title: "Alexander Ivanovitch Petrunkevitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Petrunkevitch"
    title: "Alexander Petrunkevitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q599859"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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