# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erling-porsild
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:36:27.348Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erling-porsild"
name: "Erling Porsild"
slug: "erling-porsild"
description: "Alf Erling Porsild (1901–1977) was a Danish-Canadian botanist."
tagline: "Danish-Canadian botanist (1901-1977)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/75/Porsild-Erling.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1901-01-17"
deathDate: "1977-11-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.66
  momentum:             4.285714285714284
  historical:           6.335925333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf_Erling_Porsild"
    title: "Alf Erling Porsild"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf_Erling_Porsild"
    title: "Alf Erling Porsild"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erling_Porsild"
    title: "Erling Porsild"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf_Erling_Porsild"
    title: "Alf Erling Porsild"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf_Erling_Porsild"
    title: "Alf Erling Porsild"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3"
    title: "Порсильд, Альф Эрлинг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf_Erling_Porsild"
    title: "Alf Erling Porsild"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4994357"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump