# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-kirk-townsend
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:39:09.844Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-kirk-townsend"
name: "John Kirk Townsend"
slug: "john-kirk-townsend"
description: "John Kirk Townsend was an American naturalist, ornithologist and collector."
tagline: "U.S. ornithologist (1809-1851)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JohnKirkTownsend.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1809-08-10"
deathDate: "1851-02-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           11.14852533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "جون كيرك تاونسند"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kirk_Townsend"
    title: "John Kirk Townsend"
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    title: "John Kirk Townsend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kirk_Townsend"
    title: "John Kirk Townsend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Kirk Townsend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump