# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mary-esther-murtfeldt
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:27:52.868Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mary-esther-murtfeldt"
name: "Mary Esther Murtfeldt"
slug: "mary-esther-murtfeldt"
description: "Mary Esther Murtfeldt was an American entomologist, botanist, botanical collector, writer and editor. She undertook research on the life histories of insects, describing several species new to science and wrote extensively on entomology. Murtfeldt created a collection of plant specimens that contributed to the scientific knowledge on the plants of Missouri."
tagline: "American entomologist, botanist and botanical collector (1848-1913)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mary_E._Murtfeldt.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1839-08-06"
deathDate: "1913-02-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.66
  momentum:             21.27472527472527
  historical:           6.335529333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%96_%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%80%D1%82%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D1%82"
    title: "Мері Муртфельдт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "مارى استر مورتفيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Murtfeldt"
    title: "Mary Murtfeldt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Murtfeldt"
    title: "Mary Murtfeldt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%80%D1%82%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D1%82%2C_%D0%9C%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Муртфельдт, Мэри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Esther_Murtfeldt"
    title: "Mary Esther Murtfeldt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Murtfeldt"
    title: "Mary Murtfeldt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4795132"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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