# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alfred-washington-adson
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:18:04.684Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alfred-washington-adson"
name: "Alfred Washington Adson"
slug: "alfred-washington-adson"
description: "Alfred Washington Adson was an American physician, military officer, and surgeon. He was in medical practice with the Mayo Clinic and the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Minnesota at Rochester, Minnesota. He was associated with the development of the Section of Neurological Surgery which was first established at Mayo in 1919. He functioned as its chair until 1946. He undertook pioneering neurosurgery and gave his name to a medical condition, a medical sign, a medical diagnostic manoeuvre, and medical instruments."
tagline: "Doctor (1887–1951)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1887-03-13"
deathDate: "1951-11-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.86
  momentum:             9.797979797979798
  historical:           5.671346666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Washington_Adson"
    title: "Alfred Washington Adson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ألفريد واشنطن أدسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Washington_Adson"
    title: "Alfred Washington Adson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Washington_Adson"
    title: "Alfred Washington Adson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Washington_Adson"
    title: "Alfred Washington Adson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%AA%D9%86_%D8%A2%D8%AF%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "آلفرد واشینگتن آدسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q970855"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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