# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andreas-franz-wilhelm-schimper
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:17:48.918Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/andreas-franz-wilhelm-schimper"
name: "Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper"
slug: "andreas-franz-wilhelm-schimper"
description: "Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper was a German botanist and phytogeographer who made major contributions in the fields of histology, ecology and plant geography. He travelled to South East Asia and the Caribbean as part of the 1899 deep-sea expedition. He coined the terms tropical rainforest and sclerophyll and is commemorated in numerous specific names."
tagline: "German botanist (1856–1901)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1856-05-12"
deathDate: "1901-09-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump