# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-hosack
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:50:40.682Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-hosack"
name: "David Hosack"
slug: "david-hosack"
description: "David Hosack was an American medical doctor, botanist, and educator. He remains widely known as the doctor who tended to the fatal injuries of Alexander Hamilton after his duel with Aaron Burr in July 1804, and who had similarly tended to Hamilton's son Philip after his fatal 1801 duel with George Eacker. He established several institutions including Elgin Botanic Garden and a medical school at Rutgers University."
tagline: "American physician, botanist, and educator (1769–1835)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Hosack_by_Rembrandt_Peale.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1769-08-31"
deathDate: "1835-12-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.023472
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "David Hosack"
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    title: "David Hosack"
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    title: "David Hosack"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump