# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-monro
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:42:39.692Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-monro"
name: "Alexander Monro"
slug: "alexander-monro"
description: "Alexander Monro was a Scottish surgeon and anatomist. His father, the surgeon John Monro, had been a prime mover in the foundation of the Edinburgh Medical School and had arranged Alexander's education in the hope that his son might become the first Professor of Anatomy in the new university medical school."
tagline: "Scottish doctor (1697-1767)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Allan_Ramsay_-_Alexander_Monro_of_Auchenbowie_('Primus')%2C_1697_-_1767_-_PG_2843_-_National_Galleries_of_Scotland.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1697-09-19"
deathDate: "1767-07-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.77
  momentum:             0.2097902097902098
  historical:           7.210512
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Monro_(primus)"
    title: "Alexander Monro (primus)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "ألكسندر مونرو الأول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%88"
    title: "الكسندر مونرو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Monro"
    title: "Alexander Monro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Monro_I."
    title: "Alexander Monro I."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Monro_Primus"
    title: "Alexander Monro Primus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Monro_(1697-1767)"
    title: "Alexander Monro (1697-1767)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Monro"
    title: "Alexander Monro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q437352"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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