# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernst-mayr
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:04:04.743Z

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name: "Ernst Mayr"
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description: "Ernst Walter Mayr was a German-American evolutionary biologist. He was also a renowned taxonomist, tropical explorer, ornithologist, philosopher of biology, and historian of science. His work contributed to the conceptual revolution that led to the modern evolutionary synthesis of Mendelian genetics, systematics, and Darwinian evolution, and to the development of the biological species concept."
tagline: "German-American evolutionary biologist (1904-2005)"
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birthDate: "1904-07-05"
deathDate: "2005-02-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump