# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-gibson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:21:09.927Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-gibson"
name: "Alexander Gibson"
slug: "alexander-gibson"
description: "Alexander Gibson (1800–1867) was a Scottish surgeon and botanist who worked in India.\nHe was born in Kincardineshire and studied at Edinburgh. He went to India as a surgeon in the Honourable East India Company. He became a superintendent of the Dapuri botanical gardens (1838–47) under the erstwhile Bombay Presidency.He was appointed as the first Conservator of Forests of India on 22 March 1847. He published several works on botany and reports on forestry in India. He laid a foundation stone of Indian forestry and made a memorable contribution."
tagline: "Scottish surgeon and botanist in India (1800-1867)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1800"
deathDate: "1867"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.91
  momentum:             10
  historical:           6.346653333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80_%D2%90%D1%96%D0%B1%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BA)"
    title: "Александер Ґібсон (ботанік)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ألكسندر جيبسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "الكسندر جيبسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Gibson_(botanist)"
    title: "Alexander Gibson (botanist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Gibson"
    title: "Alexander Gibson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Gibson_(botaniste)"
    title: "Alexander Gibson (botaniste)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Gibson"
    title: "Alexander Gibson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2833120"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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