# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-folger-thorne
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:20:15.758Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-folger-thorne"
name: "Robert Folger Thorne"
slug: "robert-folger-thorne"
description: "Robert F. Thorne was an American botanist. He was taxonomist and curator emeritus at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden and professor emeritus at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California. His research has contributed to the understanding of the evolution of flowering plants."
tagline: "American botanist (1920-2015)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/26/Robert_F._Thorne_%281920-2015%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1920-07-13"
deathDate: "2015-03-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump