# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-smith-barton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:04:45.448Z

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name: "Benjamin Smith Barton"
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description: "Benjamin Smith Barton was an American botanist, naturalist, and physician. He was one of the first professors of natural history in the United States and built the largest collection of botanical specimens in the country. He wrote the first American textbook on botany."
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birthDate: "1766-02-10"
deathDate: "1815-12-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump