# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-octavius-hill
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:25:31.942Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/david-octavius-hill"
name: "David Octavius Hill"
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description: "David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter, photographer and arts activist. He formed Hill & Adamson studio with the engineer and photographer Robert Adamson between 1843 and 1847 to pioneer many aspects of photography in Scotland."
tagline: "Scottish painter and photographer (1802-1870)"
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birthDate: "1802-05-20"
deathDate: "1870-05-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump