# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edgar-theodore-wherry
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:48:23.753Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edgar-theodore-wherry"
name: "Edgar Theodore Wherry"
slug: "edgar-theodore-wherry"
description: "Edgar Theodore Wherry (1885–1982) was an American mineralogist, soil scientist and botanist. He had a deep interest in ferns and Sarracenia."
tagline: "American botanist, mineralogist and plant ecologist (1885-1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edgar_Theodore_Wherry_house%2C_3331_Stephenson_Place%2C_Chevy_Chase%2C_Washington%2C_D.C._Edgar_and_Gertrude_Wherry_in_their_native_plant_garden.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1885-09-10"
deathDate: "1982-05-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             13.63636363636363
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  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump