# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alfred-william-howitt
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:34:53.471Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alfred-william-howitt"
name: "Alfred William Howitt"
slug: "alfred-william-howitt"
description: "Alfred William Howitt, also known by author abbreviation A. W. Howitt, was an Australian anthropologist, explorer and naturalist. He was known for leading the Victorian Relief Expedition, which set out to establish the fate of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition."
tagline: "Australian scientist (1830-1908)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alfred_William_Howitt_circa_1861.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1830-04-17"
deathDate: "1908-03-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.077934666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump