# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erwin-frink-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:48:30.917Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erwin-frink-smith"
name: "Erwin Frink Smith"
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description: "Erwin Frink Smith was an American plant pathologist with the United States Department of Agriculture. He played a major role in demonstrating that bacteria could cause plant disease."
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birthDate: "1854-01-21"
deathDate: "1927-04-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump