# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mulford-b-foster
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:28:34.198Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mulford-b-foster"
name: "Mulford B. Foster"
slug: "mulford-b-foster"
description: "Mulford Bateman Foster was an American botanist known by many as the \"Father of the Bromeliad\" as he was instrumental in the discovery and introduction of many new species of Bromeliad to the United States. He also devoted his life to hybridizing and contributed widely to the knowledge of the plant species. He was a man of many talents including naturalist, explorer, writer, photographer, artist, horticulturist and a well-respected landscape architect in Florida. Numerous bromeliad plants found today are named after various Foster family members and the genus Fosterella is named in honor of his work."
tagline: "American botanist, naturalist and artist (1888-1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mulford_Foster3.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1888-12-25"
deathDate: "1978-08-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump