# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerlof-mees
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:25:02.103Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerlof-mees"
name: "Gerlof Mees"
slug: "gerlof-mees"
description: "Gerlof Fokko Mees was a Dutch ichthyologist, ornithologist and museum curator. During 1946 to 1949 he took part as a conscript in the military actions to reestablish rule in the Dutch East Indies. During that time he became interested in the avian family Zosteropidae, comprising the white-eyes."
tagline: "Dutch ichthyologist and ornithologist (1926-2013)"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1926-06-16"
deathDate: "2013-03-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.33
  momentum:             3.898305084745763
  historical:           8.736285333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerlof_Fokko_Mees"
    title: "Gerlof Fokko Mees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerlof_Fokko_Mees"
    title: "Gerlof Fokko Mees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerlof_Mees"
    title: "Gerlof Mees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerlof_Mees"
    title: "Gerlof Mees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerlof_Mees"
    title: "Gerlof Mees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerlof_Fokko_Mees"
    title: "Gerlof Fokko Mees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerlof_Mees"
    title: "Gerlof Mees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerlof_Fokko_Mees"
    title: "Gerlof Fokko Mees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerlof_Fokko_Mees"
    title: "Gerlof Fokko Mees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerlof_Mees"
    title: "Gerlof Mees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1318538"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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