# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/otto-von-munchhausen
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:46:53.434Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/otto-von-munchhausen"
name: "Otto von Münchhausen"
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description: "Otto II. Freiherr von Münchhausen was a German botanist. He was Chancellor of University of Göttingen and a correspondent of Linnaeus. He named several species of oaks by the Linnean system, as well as other plants."
tagline: "German botanist (1716–1774)"
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birthDate: "1716-06-11"
deathDate: "1774-07-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump