# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-hurd-rusby
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:06:55.469Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-hurd-rusby"
name: "Henry Hurd Rusby"
slug: "henry-hurd-rusby"
description: "Henry Hurd Rusby (1855–1940) was an American botanist, pharmacist and explorer. He discovered several new species of plants and played a significant role in founding the New York Botanical Garden and developing research and exploration programs at the institution. He helped to establish the field of economic botany, and left a collection of research and published works in botany and pharmacology."
tagline: "American botanist, pharmacist and explorer (1855-1940)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1855-04-26"
deathDate: "1940-11-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.948717948717949
  historical:           8.070302666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Henry Hurd Rusby"
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    title: "هنرى هورد روسبى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Henry Hurd Rusby"
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    title: "Henry Hurd Rusby"
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    title: "Henry Hurd Rusby"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hurd_Rusby"
    title: "Henry Hurd Rusby"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hurd_Rusby"
    title: "Henry Hurd Rusby"
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    title: "Расби, Хенри Херд"
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  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hurd_Rusby"
    title: "Henry Hurd Rusby"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump