# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paulus-edward-pieris-deraniyagala
# Generated: 2026-08-16T04:45:28.011Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paulus-edward-pieris-deraniyagala"
name: "Paulus Edward Pieris Deraniyagala"
slug: "paulus-edward-pieris-deraniyagala"
description: "Paulus Edward Pieris Deraniyagala (1900–1976) was a Sri Lankan paleontologist, zoologist, and artist."
tagline: "Sri Lankan academic (1900–1976)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/P_E_Pieris.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1900"
deathDate: "1976-12-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump