# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edwin-lankester
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:15:37.893Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edwin-lankester"
name: "Edwin Lankester"
slug: "edwin-lankester"
description: "Edwin Lankester FRS, FRMS, MRCS was an English surgeon and naturalist who made a major contribution to the control of cholera in London: he was the first public analyst in England."
tagline: "British scientist (1814–1874)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edwin_Lankester.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1814-04-23"
deathDate: "1874-10-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.04
  momentum:             1.650485436893204
  historical:           3.937653333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Lankester"
    title: "Edwin Lankester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Lankester"
    title: "Edwin Lankester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Lankester"
    title: "Edwin Lankester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Lankester"
    title: "Edwin Lankester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1294774"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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