# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-h-burkholder
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:26:12.840Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-h-burkholder"
name: "Walter H. Burkholder"
slug: "walter-h-burkholder"
description: "Walter Hagemeyer Burkholder was an American plant pathologist who helped establish the role of bacteria as plant pathogens. He was awarded a Ph.D. by Cornell University in 1917 and subsequently appointed as professor of plant pathology."
tagline: "U.S. bacteriologist and plant pathologist (1891-1983)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1891-02-01"
deathDate: "1983-01-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             10.63636363636363
  historical:           5.270878666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Walter H. Burkholder"
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    title: "والتر إتش بيركهولدر"
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    title: "والٹر ایچ برکھولڈر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Hagemeyer_Burkholder"
    title: "Walter Hagemeyer Burkholder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_H._Burkholder"
    title: "Walter H. Burkholder"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7965023"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump