# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arthur-wallis-exell
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:24:08.626Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arthur-wallis-exell"
name: "Arthur Wallis Exell"
slug: "arthur-wallis-exell"
description: "Arthur Wallis Exell OBE was initially an assistant and later Deputy Keeper of Botany at the British Museum during the years 1924–1939 and 1950–1962. A noted cryptographer, taxonomist and phytogeographer, he was notable for his furthering of botanical exploration in tropical and sub-tropical Africa, and was an authority on the family Combretaceae."
tagline: "British botanist (1901–1993)"
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gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1901-05-21"
deathDate: "1993-01-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.070338666666666
  currentAttention:     0
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "أرثر والس أكسيل"
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    title: "Arthur Wallis Exell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Arthur Wallis Exell"
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    title: "Arthur Wallis Exell"
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    title: "Экселл, Артур Уоллис"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump