# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-milton-ross
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:36:24.148Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-milton-ross"
name: "Alexander Milton Ross"
slug: "alexander-milton-ross"
description: "Alexander Milton Ross was a Canadian botanist, naturalist, physician, abolitionist and anti-vaccination activist. He is best known as an agent for the secret Underground Railroad slave escape network, known in that organization and among slaves as \"The Birdman\" for his preferred cover story as an ornithologist."
tagline: "Canadian abolitionist (1832-1897)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander_Milton_Ross.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1832-12-13"
deathDate: "1897-10-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.83
  momentum:             4.166666666666667
  historical:           6.138481333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Alexander Milton Ross"
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    title: "الكسندر ميلتون روس"
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    title: "الكسندر ميلتون روس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Milton_Ross"
    title: "Alexander Milton Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Milton_Ross"
    title: "Alexander Milton Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Milton_Ross"
    title: "Alexander Milton Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Milton_Ross"
    title: "Alexander Milton Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4719663"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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