# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-leigh-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:01:59.079Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-leigh-smith"
name: "Benjamin Leigh Smith"
slug: "benjamin-leigh-smith"
description: "Benjamin Leigh Smith was an English Arctic explorer and yachtsman. He was the grandson of the abolitionist William Smith."
tagline: "British explorer and yacht racer (1828-1913)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benjamin_Leigh_Smith_by_Stephen_Pearce.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1828-03-12"
deathDate: "1913-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
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