# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-john-thornton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:13:28.980Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-john-thornton"
name: "Robert John Thornton"
slug: "robert-john-thornton"
description: "Robert John Thornton (1768–1837) was an English physician and botanical writer, noted for A New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus Von Linnæus (1797–1807) and \"The British Flora\" of 1812."
tagline: "British botanist (1768-1837)"
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gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1768"
deathDate: "1837-01-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump