# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harry-b-whittington
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:13:44.533Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harry-b-whittington"
name: "Harry B. Whittington"
slug: "harry-b-whittington"
description: "Harry Blackmore Whittington FRS was a British palaeontologist who made a major contribution to the study of fossils of the Burgess Shale and other Cambrian fauna. His works are largely responsible for the concept of Cambrian explosion, whereby modern animal body plans are explained to originate during a short span of geological period. With initial work on trilobites, his discoveries revealed that these arthropods were the most diversified of all invertebrates during the Cambrian Period. He was responsible for setting the standard for naming and describing the delicate fossils preserved in Konservat-Lagerstätten."
tagline: "British paleontologist (1916–2010)"
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  isoCode: "GB"
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birthDate: "1916-03-24"
deathDate: "2010-06-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           10.94157733333333
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump