# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
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# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:02:17.099Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/francois-louis-laporte-comte-de-castelnau"
name: "François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau"
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description: "François-Louis Nompar de Caumont Laporte, comte de Castelnau was a French naturalist, also known as François Laporte or Francis de Castelnau. The standard author abbreviation Castelnau is used to indicate him when citing a botanical name and zoological names other than insects. Laporte is typically used when citing an insect name, or Laporte de Castelnau."
tagline: "French explorer and entomologist (1802–1880)"
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country:
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  isoCode: "FR"
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birthDate: "1802-12-24"
deathDate: "1880-02-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump