# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-lydekker
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:22:00.106Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-lydekker"
name: "Richard Lydekker"
slug: "richard-lydekker"
description: "Richard Lydekker was a British naturalist, geologist and writer of numerous books on natural history. He was known for his contributions to zoology, paleontology, and biogeography. He worked extensively in cataloging fossil vertebrates and describing new species, particularly from India, where he spent several years studying the region's prehistoric fauna."
tagline: "English naturalist, geologist and writer (1849–1915)"
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birthDate: "1849-07-25"
deathDate: "1915-04-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump