# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/adam-black
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:55:04.444Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/adam-black"
name: "Adam Black"
slug: "adam-black"
description: "Adam Black was a Scottish publisher and politician. He founded the A & C Black publishing company, and published the 7th, 8th and 9th editions of the Encyclopædia Britannica."
tagline: "Scottish publisher and politician (1784-1874)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adam_Black_Statue_Edinburgh.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1784-02-20"
deathDate: "1874-01-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.2
  momentum:             0.9561752988047809
  historical:           5.676566666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Black"
    title: "Adam Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "ادم بلاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Black"
    title: "Adam Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Black"
    title: "Adam Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Black"
    title: "Adam Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Black"
    title: "Adam Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q277594"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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