# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/acton-smee-ayrton
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:36:52.497Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/acton-smee-ayrton"
name: "Acton Smee Ayrton"
slug: "acton-smee-ayrton"
description: "Acton Smee Ayrton was a British barrister and Liberal Party politician. Considered a radical and champion of the working classes, he served as First Commissioner of Works under William Ewart Gladstone between 1869 and 1873. He is best remembered for the \"Ayrton controversy\" over scientific facilities at Kew Gardens."
tagline: "British barrister and Liberal Party politician (1816–1886)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Acton_Smee_Ayrton%2C_Vanity_Fair%2C_1869-10-23.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1816-08-05"
deathDate: "1886-11-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.83
  momentum:             0.4651162790697675
  historical:           3.938193333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "اكتون سمى ايرتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acton_Smee_Ayrton"
    title: "Acton Smee Ayrton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acton_Smee_Ayrton"
    title: "Acton Smee Ayrton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acton_Smee_Ayrton"
    title: "Acton Smee Ayrton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4677688"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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