# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johann-buttikofer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:25:54.848Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johann-buttikofer"
name: "Johann Büttikofer"
slug: "johann-buttikofer"
description: "Johann Büttikofer was a Swiss zoologist, who worked at the Blijdorp Zoological Garden in Rotterdam. After his retirement, he settled in Bern, Switzerland. For his extensive contributions to the knowledge of Liberian fauna based on two zoological expeditions to the Republic of Liberia, he is regarded as the Father of Liberian Natural History."
tagline: "Swiss zoologist and photographer (1850-1927)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johann_B%C3%BCttikofer_(1850%E2%80%931927)_Zoologe.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1850-08-09"
deathDate: "1927-06-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.203384
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Йоганн Бюттікофер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "چوهان بوتيكوفير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johann Büttikofer"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_B%C3%BCttikofer"
    title: "Johann Büttikofer"
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  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_B%C3%BCttikofer"
    title: "Johann Büttikofer"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_B%C3%BCttikofer"
    title: "Johann Büttikofer"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_B%C3%BCttikofer"
    title: "Johann Büttikofer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_B%C3%BCttikofer"
    title: "Johann Büttikofer"
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    title: "Бюттикофер, Иоганн"
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  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_B%C3%BCttikofer"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump