# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frederick-w-true
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:50:30.203Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frederick-w-true"
name: "Frederick W. True"
slug: "frederick-w-true"
description: "Frederick William True was an American biologist, the first head curator of biology (1897–1911) at the United States National Museum, now part of the Smithsonian Institution."
tagline: "American biologist, mammalogist and curator (1858-1914)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frederick_William_True.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1858-07-08"
deathDate: "1914-06-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump