# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jane-b-reece
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:44:32.988Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jane-b-reece"
name: "Jane B. Reece"
slug: "jane-b-reece"
description: "Jane B. Reece is an American scientist and textbook author. Along with American biologist Neil Campbell, she wrote the widely used Campbell/Reece Biology textbooks. Following Campbell's death in 2004, she collaborated with American biologist Lisa Urry to update subsequent editions. The textbook is widely acclaimed and is used in 90 percent of AP Biology classes and 60 percent of introductory college biology courses. The textbook has been used by over 14 million students and has been translated into over 20 languages."
tagline: "American geneticist"
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: "1944-04-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.68
  momentum:             1.895424836601307
  historical:           6.139885333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Jane B. Reece"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Reece"
    title: "Jane Reece"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Barbara_Reece"
    title: "Jane Barbara Reece"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_B._Reece"
    title: "Jane B. Reece"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_B._Reece"
    title: "Jane B. Reece"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Reece"
    title: "Jane Reece"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Reece"
    title: "Jane Reece"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1682569"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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