# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brigid-balfour
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:29:17.791Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brigid-balfour"
name: "Brigid Balfour"
slug: "brigid-balfour"
description: "Brigid Mary Balfour was a British scientist who studied cellular morphology and ultrastructure in relation to immune function. She advanced the study of dendritic cells, realising that they were derived from Langerhans cells and played an important role in initiating and promoting immune reactions."
tagline: "British biologist and immunologist"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1914"
deathDate: "1994-03-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.02
  momentum:             1.8
  historical:           6.135457333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigid_Balfour"
    title: "Brigid Balfour"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "بريجيد بالفور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "بريجيد بالفور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigid_Balfour"
    title: "Brigid Balfour"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0"
    title: "ব্রিজিড বালফোর"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigid_Balfour"
    title: "Brigid Balfour"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigid_Balfour"
    title: "Brigid Balfour"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15994278"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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