# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barbara-york-main
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:45:06.591Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barbara-york-main"
name: "Barbara York Main"
slug: "barbara-york-main"
description: "Barbara Anne York Main was an Australian arachnologist and adjunct professor at the University of Western Australia. The author of four books and over 90 research papers, Main is recognised for her prolific work in establishing taxonomy for arachnids, personally describing 34 species and seven new genera. The BBC and ABC produced a film about her work, Lady of the Spiders, in 1981."
tagline: "Australian arachnologist (1929-2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Prof._Barbara_York_Main_at_North_Bungulla_Reserve%2C_Western_Australia.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
birthDate: "1929-01-27"
deathDate: "2019-05-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "باربرا يورك ماين"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump