# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-lawrence-leconte
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:59:34.693Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-lawrence-leconte"
name: "John Lawrence LeConte"
slug: "john-lawrence-leconte"
description: "John Lawrence LeConte MD was an American entomologist, responsible for naming and describing approximately half of the insect taxa known in the United States during his lifetime, including some 5,000 species of beetles. He was recognized as the foremost authority on North American beetles during his career, and has been described as \"the father of American beetle study\"."
tagline: "American entomologist (1825-1883)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Lawrence_Le_Conte.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1825-05-13"
deathDate: "1883-11-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump