# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-ross-clarke
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:08:54.561Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-ross-clarke"
name: "Alexander Ross Clarke"
slug: "alexander-ross-clarke"
description: "Alexander Ross Clarke FRS FRSE (1828–1914) was a British geodesist, primarily remembered for his calculation of the Principal Triangulation of Britain (1858), the calculation of the Figure of the Earth and one of the most important text books of Geodesy (1880). He was a military officer of the Royal Engineers employed on the Ordnance Survey, attaining the rank of colonel."
tagline: "British geodesist (1828–1914)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander_Ross_Clarke.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1828-12-16"
deathDate: "1914-02-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump