# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-todd
# Generated: 2026-09-06T20:50:34.753Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-todd"
name: "Charles Todd"
slug: "charles-todd"
description: "Sir Charles Todd was an Australian civil servant and astronomer who worked at the Royal Greenwich Observatory 1841–1847 and the Cambridge University observatory from 1847 to 1854. He then worked on telegraphy and undersea cables until engaged by the government of South Australia as astronomical and meteorological observer, and head of the electric telegraph department."
tagline: "Australian civil servant and astronomer (1826–1910)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir_Charles_Todd_-_State_Library_of_South_Australia_(B_11290).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1826-07-07"
deathDate: "1910-01-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.5
  momentum:             0.8
  historical:           3.944205333333333
  currentAttention:     4.444444444444445
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Todd_(Astronom)"
    title: "Charles Todd (Astronom)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Todd_(engineer)"
    title: "Charles Todd (engineer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Todd_(astronome)"
    title: "Charles Todd (astronome)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%9F%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A1%E0%B3%8D"
    title: "ಚಾರ್ಲ್ಸ್ ಟಾಡ್"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1066258"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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