# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-harold-compton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:30:17.296Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-harold-compton"
name: "Robert Harold Compton"
slug: "robert-harold-compton"
description: "Robert Harold Compton was a South African botanist. The Compton Herbarium at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, which he founded in Cape Town in 1939, was named in his honour."
tagline: "South African botanist (1886-1979)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Harold_Compton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1886-08-06"
deathDate: "1979-07-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "رابرٹ ہیرالڈ کومپٹن"
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    title: "Robert Harold Compton"
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    title: "Robert Harold Compton"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Harold_Compton"
    title: "Robert Harold Compton"
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    title: "Robert Harold Compton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Harold_Compton"
    title: "Robert Harold Compton"
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    title: "ロバート・ハロルド・コンプトン"
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    title: "Robert Harold Compton"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump