# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/adam-ferguson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:10:03.294Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/adam-ferguson"
name: "Adam Ferguson"
slug: "adam-ferguson"
description: "Adam Ferguson, also known as Ferguson of Raith, was a Scottish philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment."
tagline: "Scottish philosopher and historian; (1723-1816)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ProfAdamFerguson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1723-06-20"
deathDate: "1816-02-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump