# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/helen-sharsmith
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:33:04.943Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/helen-sharsmith"
name: "Helen Sharsmith"
slug: "helen-sharsmith"
description: "Helen Katherine Meyers Sharsmith was an American biologist and educator. She was one of the first women botanists at the University of California and is recognized for her contributions to botanical research there."
tagline: "American botanist (1905-1982)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1905-08-26"
deathDate: "1982-11-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.76
  momentum:             6
  historical:           5.269582666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Sharsmith"
    title: "Helen Sharsmith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Katherine_Sharsmith"
    title: "Helen Katherine Sharsmith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Sharsmith"
    title: "Helen Sharsmith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Katherine_Sharsmith"
    title: "Helen Katherine Sharsmith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Katherine_Sharsmith"
    title: "Helen Katherine Sharsmith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Sharsmith"
    title: "Helen Sharsmith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5703142"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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