# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elkanah-billings
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:57:30.841Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elkanah-billings"
name: "Elkanah Billings"
slug: "elkanah-billings"
description: "Elkanah Billings is often referred to as Canada's first paleontologist. Billings was born on a farm by the Rideau River outside Bytown (Ottawa), now known as Billings Estate. His parents were named Lamira Dow and Braddish Billings. His family included an older sister named Sabra and an older brother Maj Braddish Billings Jr, who practised as an architect and served in the North-West Rebellion. His younger siblings were Samuel, Sarah and Charles."
tagline: "Canadian paleontologist (1820-1876)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elkanah_Billings_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1820-05-05"
deathDate: "1876-06-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.89
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.269726666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Elkanah Billings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elkanah_Billings"
    title: "Elkanah Billings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elkanah_Billings"
    title: "Elkanah Billings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elkanah_Billings"
    title: "Elkanah Billings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elkanah_Billings"
    title: "Elkanah Billings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://knc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elkanah_Billings"
    title: "Elkanah Billings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1331443"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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