# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/austin-roberts
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:39:27.175Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/austin-roberts"
name: "Austin Roberts"
slug: "austin-roberts"
description: "Austin Roberts was a South African zoologist. He is best known for his Birds of South Africa, first published in 1940. He also studied the mammalian fauna of the region: his work The mammals of South Africa was published posthumously in 1951. The 7th edition of Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa which appeared in 2005, is the standard work on the region's birds."
tagline: "South African zoologist and ornithologist (1883-1948)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Austin_Roberts.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1883-01-03"
deathDate: "1948-05-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
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  country:  null
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    title: "Austin Roberts"
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    title: "Austin Roberts"
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    title: "Austin Roberts (onye na-amụ banyere ụmụ anụmanụ)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump