# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-burck
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:38:42.835Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-burck"
name: "William Burck"
slug: "william-burck"
description: "William Burck was a Dutch botanist. He obtained a doctorate from Leiden University in 1874. In 1881 he became Assistant Director of the then Buitenzorg Botanical Gardens in Java. He collected a large number of plant specimens from locations including the Padang Highlands of western Sumatra. The genus Burckella is named for him."
tagline: "Dutch botanist (1848-1910)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1848-02-04"
deathDate: "1910-09-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.91
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.134701333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William Burck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Burck"
    title: "William Burck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Burck"
    title: "William Burck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Burck"
    title: "William Burck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Burck"
    title: "William Burck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Burck"
    title: "William Burck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_(%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA)"
    title: "Берк, Уильям (ботаник)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4101603"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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