# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roland-trimen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:32:16.633Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roland-trimen"
name: "Roland Trimen"
slug: "roland-trimen"
description: "Roland Trimen FRS was a British-South African naturalist, best known for South African Butterflies (1887–89), a collaborative work with Colonel James Henry Bowker. He was among the first entomologists to investigate mimicry and polymorphism in butterflies and their restriction to females. He also collaborated with Charles Darwin to study the pollination of Disa orchids."
tagline: "British entomologist (1840-1916)"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1840-10-29"
deathDate: "1916-07-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump