# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eduard-august-rubel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:51:52.874Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eduard-august-rubel"
name: "Eduard August Rübel"
slug: "eduard-august-rubel"
description: "Eduard August Rübel was a Swiss American botanist, professor, genealogist and politician who served on the Cantonal Council of Zürich for one legislative period in 1926. Most notably Rübel has been the founder of the Rübel Geobotanical Research Institute as well as full professor at ETH Zurich. He is the grandfather of Alex Rübel, long-term president of Zürich Zoo."
tagline: "Swiss botanist and politician (1876-1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ETH-BIB-R%C3%BCbel-Blass%2C_Eduard_(1876-1960)-Portrait-Portr_12952.tif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1876-07-18"
deathDate: "1960-06-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           6.336465333333334
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  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Рюбель, Эдуард"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump