# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hendrik-de-wit
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:39:32.979Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hendrik-de-wit"
name: "Hendrik de Wit"
slug: "hendrik-de-wit"
description: "Hendrik (Henk) Cornelis Dirk de Wit was a Dutch systematic botanist who contributed significantly to the knowledge of the Aroid genera Cryptocoryne and Lagenandra. He grew up in the Waterland, a marshy area in the Northwest Netherlands, and had a lifelong interest in aquatic plants."
tagline: "Dutch botanist (1909-1999)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Signature_de_Wit.jpg/330px-Signature_de_Wit.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1909-10-24"
deathDate: "1999-03-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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sources:
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    title: "Hendrik Cornelis Dirk de Wit"
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    title: "هندريك دي ويت"
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    title: "هندريك دى ويت"
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    title: "Hendrik de Wit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_Cornelis_Dirk_de_Wit"
    title: "Hendrik Cornelis Dirk de Wit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_Cornelis_Dirk_de_Wit"
    title: "Hendrik Cornelis Dirk de Wit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_de_Wit_(botanicus)"
    title: "Hendrik de Wit (botanicus)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Де Вит, Хендрик Корнелис Дирк"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump