# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frances-margaret-leighton
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:19:54.150Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frances-margaret-leighton"
name: "Frances Margaret Leighton"
slug: "frances-margaret-leighton"
description: "Frances Margaret Leighton was a South African botanist and educator. After graduating from Rhodes University with her M.Sc degree in 1931, she worked at the Bolus Herbarium until 1947. Her primary research interests were focused on monocots, and her work impacted the Ornithogalum and Agapanthus."
tagline: "South African botanist (1909-2006)"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1909-03-08"
deathDate: "2006-01-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Лейтон-Айзек, Фрэнсис Маргарет"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump