# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lilian-snelling
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:59:18.814Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lilian-snelling"
name: "Lilian Snelling"
slug: "lilian-snelling"
description: "Lilian Snelling (1879–1972) was \"probably the most important British botanical artist of the first half of the 20th century\".\nShe was the principal artist and lithographer to Curtis's Botanical Magazine between 1921 and 1952 and \"was considered one of the greatest botanical artists of her time\" – \"her paintings were both detailed and accurate and immensely beautiful\".\nShe was appointed MBE in 1954 and was awarded the Victoria Medal in 1955. The standard author abbreviation Snelling is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name."
tagline: "British botanical illustrator (1879-1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rhododendron_dauricum_var._sempervirens.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1879-06-08"
deathDate: "1972-10-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.404068
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ліліан Снеллінг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lilian Snelling"
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    title: "Лилиан Снеллинг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lilian Snelling"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilian_Snelling"
    title: "Lilian Snelling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilian_Snelling"
    title: "Lilian Snelling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilian_Snelling"
    title: "Lilian Snelling"
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    title: "ליליאן סנלינג"
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    title: "Снеллинг, Лилиан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilian_Snelling"
    title: "Lilian Snelling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilian_Snelling"
    title: "Lilian Snelling"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5668989"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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