# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-wetmore
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:58:38.530Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-wetmore"
name: "Alexander Wetmore"
slug: "alexander-wetmore"
description: "Frank Alexander Wetmore was an American ornithologist and avian paleontologist. He was the sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. He was also an elected member of both the American Philosophical Society and the United States National Academy of Sciences."
tagline: "American ornithologist and avian paleontologist (1886-1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander_Wetmore_(1886-1978)%2C_Annie_Beatrice_van_der_Biest_Thielan_Wetmore_(1910-1997)%2C_and_John_Warren_Aldrich_(1906-1995).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1886-06-18"
deathDate: "1978-12-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump