# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vivian-frederick-maynard-fitzsimons
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:03:35.558Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vivian-frederick-maynard-fitzsimons"
name: "Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons"
slug: "vivian-frederick-maynard-fitzsimons"
description: "Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons, born in Pietermaritzburg, was a notable herpetologist in South Africa. Also, he contributed to the collection of spermatophyte samples for the National Herbarium which has become part of the South African National Biodiversity Institute at the Pretoria National Botanical Garden. In 1937, together with Anna Amelia Obermeyer, he collected some of the earliest plant specimens from the Eastern Highlands of Rhodesia."
tagline: "South African herpetologist (1901–1975)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
birthDate: "1901-02-07"
deathDate: "1975-08-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.602556
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons"
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  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Frederick_Maynard_FitzSimons"
    title: "Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Frederick_Maynard_FitzSimons"
    title: "Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Frederick_Maynard_FitzSimons"
    title: "Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Frederick_Maynard_FitzSimons"
    title: "Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Frederick_Maynard_FitzSimons"
    title: "Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Frederick_Maynard_FitzSimons"
    title: "Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Frederick_Maynard_FitzSimons"
    title: "Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3561552"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump