# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-william-bickerton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:33:34.314Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-william-bickerton"
name: "Alexander William Bickerton"
slug: "alexander-william-bickerton"
description: "Alexander William Bickerton was an English-born chemist and educator who was the first professor of chemistry at Canterbury College in Christchurch, New Zealand. He is best known for teaching and mentoring Ernest Rutherford. He was a natural teacher though an eccentric one, who taught science in an exciting way. His differences were not limited to teaching as he formed a socialist community in Christchurch, which he later set up as a theme park. His partial impact theory explaining the appearance of temporary stars was the major work of his lifetime."
tagline: "British scientist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander_William_Bickerton_c1905.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
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birthDate: "1842-01-07"
deathDate: "1929-01-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.428571428571429
  historical:           5.269690666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump