# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-thom
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:19:02.936Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-thom"
name: "Alexander Thom"
slug: "alexander-thom"
description: "Alexander Thom was a Scottish engineer most famous for his theory of the Megalithic yard, categorisation of stone circles and his studies of Stonehenge and other archaeological sites."
tagline: "Scottish engineer - Ph.D. University of Glasgow (1894–1985)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/LongMegAndHerDaughters%28SimonLedingham%29May2005.jpg/330px-LongMegAndHerDaughters%28SimonLedingham%29May2005.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1894-03-26"
deathDate: "1985-11-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           7.012636000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8539400/"
    handle:    "nm8539400"
sources:
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    title: "அலெக்சாந்தர் தோம்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Thom"
    title: "Alexander Thom"
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  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%AB%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "ألكسندر ثوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Thom"
    title: "Alexander Thom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Thom"
    title: "Alexander Thom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Thom"
    title: "Alexander Thom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Thom"
    title: "Alexander Thom"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q324269"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2761271"
    title: "Alexander Thom"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump