# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/graham-cairns-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:32:37.040Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/graham-cairns-smith"
name: "Graham Cairns-Smith"
slug: "graham-cairns-smith"
description: "Alexander Graham Cairns-Smith FRSE was an organic chemist and molecular biologist at the University of Glasgow. He studied at the University of Edinburgh, where he gained a Ph.D. in Chemistry (1957). He was most famous for his controversial 1985 book Seven Clues to the Origin of Life."
tagline: "Scientist (1931–2016)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1931-11-24"
deathDate: "2016-08-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.615384615384617
  historical:           5.887186666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Alexander Graham Cairns-Smith"
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    title: "Graham Cairns-Smith"
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    title: "Graham Cairns-Smith"
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    title: "Graham Cairns-Smith"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Cairns-Smith"
    title: "Graham Cairns-Smith"
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    title: "Graham Cairns-Smith"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump