# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernesto-foldats
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:30:47.102Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernesto-foldats"
name: "Ernesto Foldats"
slug: "ernesto-foldats"
description: "Ernesto Foldats Andins was a Venezuelan botanist and orchidologist. He was born in Latvia as Ernests Foldāts. He later moved to He has held numerous official positions, e.g. Director of the School of Biology, Dean of the Faculty of Science at the Universidad Central de Venezuela (1962–1968), and Scientific Advisor to the Commission on the Legislature and Environment. He was doctor honoris causa at the University of Riga, Latvia. Foldats was a member of the Latvian student fraternity Fraternitas Vanenica."
tagline: "Venezuelan botanist (1925-2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ernesto_Foldats_Andins_(1925-2003).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1925-03-15"
deathDate: "2003-01-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.4
  momentum:             4.977272727272728
  historical:           6.135097333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%81_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%81"
    title: "Ернестс Фолдатс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernesto_Foldats_Andins"
    title: "Ernesto Foldats Andins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernesto_Foldats"
    title: "Ernesto Foldats"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernesto_Foldats"
    title: "Ernesto Foldats"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernests_Fold%C4%81ts"
    title: "Ernests Foldāts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%81%2C_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82"
    title: "Фолдатс, Эрнест"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernesto_Foldats"
    title: "Ernesto Foldats"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2071618"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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