# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-ralph-maxon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:34:18.796Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-ralph-maxon"
name: "William Ralph Maxon"
slug: "william-ralph-maxon"
description: "William Ralph Maxon, was an American botanist and pteridologist. He graduated from Syracuse University with a B.Ph. in biology, in 1898, and spent about one year at Columbia University doing post-graduate work on ferns with Lucien Marcus Underwood. In 1899 he accepted a position with the United States National Museum, which was a part of the Smithsonian Institution; he remained at the museum for his entire career. In 1899 he became an aide with the Division of Plants. He was named assistant curator in 1905, associate curator in 1914, and curator of that Division in 1937. He retired in 1946, but continued his association with the museum until his death in 1948."
tagline: "American botanist (1877-1948)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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birthDate: "1877-02-27"
deathDate: "1948-02-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump