# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ada-benson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:19:26.027Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ada-benson"
name: "Ada Benson"
slug: "ada-benson"
description: "Ada Benson or Ada McDowall was a British headmistress and educationist. She is known for her leadership at Oxford High School, Norwich High School for Girls and Bedford High School for Girls."
tagline: "British headmistress and educationist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ada_Benson_died_1882_unknown_artist_ODNB_claim_Bedford_High_School_have_rights.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Educators"
  slug: "educators"
profileType:
  name: "Educator"
  slug: "educator"
birthDate: "1840-11-27"
deathDate: "1882-10-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.14
  momentum:             15
  historical:           2.402736
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  56
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Benson"
    title: "Ada Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Benson"
    title: "Ada Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18670631"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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