# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mary-cynthia-dickerson
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:39:59.100Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mary-cynthia-dickerson"
name: "Mary Cynthia Dickerson"
slug: "mary-cynthia-dickerson"
description: "Mary Cynthia Dickerson was an American herpetologist and the first curator of herpetology at the American Museum of Natural History, as well as the first curator in the now defunct department of Woods and Forestry. For ten years she was the editor of The American Museum Journal, which was renamed Natural History during her editorship. She published two books: Moths and Butterflies (1901) and The Frog Book (1906) as well as numerous popular and scientific articles. She described over 20 species of reptiles and is commemorated in the scientific names of four lizards."
tagline: "American herpetologist, museum curator and magazine editor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mary_Cynthia_Dickerson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "artists"
profileType:
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  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1866-03-07"
deathDate: "1923-04-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.739057333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Mary Cynthia Dickerson"
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    title: "Mary Cynthia Dickerson"
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    title: "Mary Cynthia Dickerson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump