# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-d-alexander
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:10:13.869Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-d-alexander"
name: "Richard D. Alexander"
slug: "richard-d-alexander"
description: "Richard D. Alexander was an American zoologist who was a professor at the University of Michigan and curator at the university's museum of zoology of in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His scientific pursuits integrated the fields of systematics, ecology, evolution, natural history and behavior. The salient organisms in his research are wide-ranging, from the orthopterans and Cicadidae (cicadas) to vertebrates: dogs, horses, and primates, including humans."
tagline: "American zoologist (1929–2018)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
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birthDate: "1929-11-18"
deathDate: "2018-08-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_D._Alexander"
    title: "Richard D. Alexander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dick_Alexander"
    title: "Richard Dick Alexander"
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    title: "Richard D. Alexander"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump