# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/althea-sherman
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:05:16.870Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/althea-sherman"
name: "Althea Sherman"
slug: "althea-sherman"
description: "Althea Rosina Sherman was an American illustrator, educator, self-taught ornithologist, and writer who commissioned the building of the \"Chimney Swifts' Tower\" in Clayton County, Iowa. This structure enabled her to observe and report on the life cycle of chimney swifts, the first to complete such investigations. She published more than 70 articles in scientific and ornithological journals during her career. Sherman was elected as a member of the American Ornithologists' Union and was listed in the third edition of American Men of Science. Additionally, her work as an illustrator, particularly of the American goldfinch, inspired the Iowa General Assembly to adopt the American goldfinch as the Iowa state bird."
tagline: "American ornithologist, artist and educator (1853–1943)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Althea_Sherman_1875.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1853-10-10"
deathDate: "1943-04-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.13
  momentum:             0.8053691275167785
  historical:           7.005796
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "التھیا شرمین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ألثيا شيرمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "الثيا شيرمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althea_Sherman"
    title: "Althea Sherman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althea_Sherman"
    title: "Althea Sherman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althea_Sherman"
    title: "Althea Sherman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althea_Sherman"
    title: "Althea Sherman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althea_Sherman"
    title: "Althea Sherman"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17011957"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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