# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/helen-margaret-gilkey
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:07:00.149Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/helen-margaret-gilkey"
name: "Helen Margaret Gilkey"
slug: "helen-margaret-gilkey"
description: "Helen Margaret Gilkey (1886–1972) was an American mycologist and botanist, as well as a botanical illustrator and watercolor artist. She was born on 6 March 1886, in Montesano, Washington, and moved to Corvallis, Oregon with her family in 1903. She died in 1972 at the age of 86."
tagline: "American botanist, mycologist and scientific illustrator (1886-1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr._Helen_Gilkey_with_students_in_Botany_lab_(3333813308).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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birthDate: "1886-03-06"
deathDate: "1972-08-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump