# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-terborgh
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:46:07.197Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-terborgh"
name: "John Terborgh"
slug: "john-terborgh"
description: "John Whittle Terborgh is a James B. Duke Professor of Environmental Science at Duke University and co-director of the Center for Tropical Conservation. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and for the past thirty-five years, has been actively involved in tropical ecology and conservation issues. An authority on avian and mammalian ecology in Neotropical forests, Terborgh has published numerous articles and books on conservation themes. Since 1973, he has operated the Cocha Cashu Biological Station, a tropical ecology research station in Manú National Park, Peru."
tagline: "American biologist (born 1936)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Terborgh-Duke_University.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1936-04-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           9.208208
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://nicholas.duke.edu/people/faculty/terborgh"
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    title: "John Whittle Terborgh"
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    title: "John Terborgh"
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    title: "John Terborgh"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump