# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-william-harshberger
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:05:44.689Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-william-harshberger"
name: "John William Harshberger"
slug: "john-william-harshberger"
description: "John William Harshberger was an American botanist who specialized in plant geography, ecology and plant pathology. He taught at the University of Pennsylvania for more than 35 years. He was an ardent plant conservationist and he is credited with coining the term \"ethnobotany\"."
tagline: "American botanist (1869-1929)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_William_Harshberger.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1869-01-01"
deathDate: "1929-04-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.47
  momentum:             3.114754098360656
  historical:           5.472426666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Harshberger"
    title: "John William Harshberger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون ويليام هارشبيرجير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Harshberger"
    title: "John William Harshberger"
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  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Harshberger"
    title: "John William Harshberger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Harshberger"
    title: "John William Harshberger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Harshberger"
    title: "John William Harshberger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1570981"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump