# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/friedrich-wilhelm-alexander-von-mechow
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:59:27.043Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/friedrich-wilhelm-alexander-von-mechow"
name: "Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander von Mechow"
slug: "friedrich-wilhelm-alexander-von-mechow"
description: "Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander von Mechow was a Prussian explorer of Africa, and a naturalist. Von Mechow was a specialty collector of phanerogams, particularly in Angola. He held the rank of major in the Prussian Army."
tagline: "German military officer and zoologist (1831-1890)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Album_der_Deutschen_Gesellschaft_zur_Erforschung_%C3%A4quatorialAfrika%2C_Landschaftlicher_Theil_I._Lieferung_nr_2_%3B_Berlin_1876.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1831-12-09"
deathDate: "1890-03-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.468538666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_Alexander_von_Mechow"
    title: "Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander von Mechow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B4_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%87%D9%84%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%88"
    title: "فريدريش فيلهلم الكسندر فون ميشو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%85_%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B2"
    title: "Фридрих фон Мехов"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%85"
    title: "Мехов, Фридрих"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_Alexander_von_Mechow"
    title: "Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander von Mechow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_Alexander_von_Mechow"
    title: "Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander von Mechow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106772"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump