# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/merlin-sheldrake
# Generated: 2026-09-02T06:03:08.689Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/merlin-sheldrake"
name: "Merlin Sheldrake"
slug: "merlin-sheldrake"
description: "Merlin Sheldrake is a British mycologist and writer known for his popular science writings on fungi."
tagline: "British biologist and author"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/iFzpXEfJ5cCwtibtzchKbRnX7XM.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1987"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           65.57
  momentum:             10
  historical:           4.538672
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 154
totalFollowers: 14900
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/MerlinSheldrake"
    handle:    "MerlinSheldrake"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/merlin.sheldrake/"
    handle:    "merlin.sheldrake"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12067705/"
    handle:    "nm12067705"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.merlinsheldrake.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEHbfWVMwrsS7GxszGbCsng"
    handle:    "@merlinsheldrakevideo"
    followers: 14900
sources:
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    title: "Merlin Sheldrake"
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    title: "默林·谢尔德雷克"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Merlin_Sheldrake"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Merlin_Sheldrake"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89428526"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4494959"
    title: "Merlin Sheldrake"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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