# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-merle-coulter
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:29:25.315Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-merle-coulter"
name: "John Merle Coulter"
slug: "john-merle-coulter"
description: "John Merle Coulter, Ph. D. was an American botanist and educator. In his career in education administration, Coulter is notable for serving as the president of Indiana University and Lake Forest College and the head of the Department of Botany at the University of Chicago."
tagline: "U.S. Botanist (1851-1928)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1851-11-20"
deathDate: "1928-12-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.75
  historical:           12.209504
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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