# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-silva
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:49:35.553Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-silva"
name: "Paul Silva"
slug: "paul-silva"
description: "Paul Claude Silva was a phycologist, marine biologist, and algal taxonomist considered to be the world's leading expert in the chlorophyte green algal genus Codium. Silva was also an expert in botanical nomenclature and was an editor of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature's Eighth through Sixteenth International Botanical Congresses."
tagline: "American botanist (1922-2014)"
gender: "male"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1922-10-31"
deathDate: "2014-06-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump