# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-highton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:15:30.270Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-highton"
name: "Richard Highton"
slug: "richard-highton"
description: "Richard Highton was an American herpetologist, an expert on the biological classification of woodland salamanders."
tagline: "American zoologist"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1927-12-24"
deathDate: "2025-02-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           7.00306
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Річард Гейтон"
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    title: "Richard Highton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Highton"
    title: "Richard Highton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richard Highton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Гейтон, Ричард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richard Highton"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump