# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-torrey
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:58:30.925Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-torrey"
name: "John Torrey"
slug: "john-torrey"
description: "John Torrey was an American botanist, chemist, and physician. Throughout much of his career, he was a teacher of chemistry, often at multiple universities, while he also pursued botanical work, focusing on the flora of North America. His most renowned works include studies of the New York flora, the Mexican Boundary, the Pacific railroad surveys, and the uncompleted Flora of North America."
tagline: "American botanist (1796–1873)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Torrey.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: "1796-08-15"
deathDate: "1873-03-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.74953333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Джон Торрей"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Torrey"
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    title: "John Torrey"
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    title: "John Torrey"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Torrey"
    title: "John Torrey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Torrey"
    title: "John Torrey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Torrey"
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    title: "John Torrey"
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    title: "John Torrey"
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    title: "John Torrey"
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    title: "Торри, Джон"
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  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%BEon_Tori"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump