# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-f-martin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:57:22.876Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-f-martin"
name: "William F. Martin"
slug: "william-f-martin"
description: "William Martin is an American botanist and microbiologist, currently Head of the Institut für Molekulare Evolution, Heinrich Heine Universität, Düsseldorf."
tagline: "American botanist and microbiologist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1957-02-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.727272727272728
  historical:           5.675882666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "William F. Martin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F._Martin"
    title: "William F. Martin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Martin"
    title: "William Martin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568813"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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