# Hugh Iltis

> Hugh Iltis was a professor of botany and director of the herbarium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. While he is most noted as a scientist for his role in the discovery of perennial teosinte, a wild diploid relative of modern maize, he is also remembered as an outspoken environmental conservationist.

*Czech-American botanist and environmentalist (1925-2016)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1925-04-07
- **Died:** 2016-12-19
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 40.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 4.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 7.9 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hugh_Iltis)
- [Hugh Iltis](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Iltis)
- [Hugh Iltis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Iltis)
- [Hugh Hellmut Iltis](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Hellmut_Iltis)
- [Hugh Hellmut Iltis](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Hellmut_Iltis)
- [Илтис, Хью Хеллмут](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%A5%D1%8C%D1%8E_%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%82)
- [Hugh Hellmut Iltis](https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Hellmut_Iltis)
- [Г'ю Ілтіс](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93'%D1%8E_%D0%86%D0%BB%D1%82%D1%96%D1%81)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hugh_Iltis)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2718582)

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