# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-shaw
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:31:07.633Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-shaw"
name: "Henry Shaw"
slug: "henry-shaw"
description: "Henry Shaw was an American businessman, amateur botanist, and slave owner in St. Louis, Missouri when it was a gateway city to the West. His businesses supplied residents, pioneers and others. Having made his fortune, he was able to retire at age 40, pursue his interest in botany, and used much of his fortune in philanthropy. He is best known as the founder of the Missouri Botanical Garden, but he also donated the land to the city for Tower Grove Park and oversaw its development. He donated funds to several other city institutions as well."
tagline: "American philanthropist (1800-1889)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1909_-_Henry_Shaw_-_portrait_in_nightcap_-_MoBOT_GPN_1982-0180.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1800-07-24"
deathDate: "1889-08-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.167209333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%A8%E5%88%A9%C2%B7%E8%95%AD"
    title: "亨利·蕭"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Shaw_(philanthropist)"
    title: "Henry Shaw (philanthropist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Shaw"
    title: "Henry Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Shaw"
    title: "Henry Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Shaw"
    title: "Henry Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%98%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ヘンリー・ショー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Shaw"
    title: "Henry Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Shaw"
    title: "Henry Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%BE%D1%83%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8_(%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF)"
    title: "Шоу, Генри (филантроп)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Shaw"
    title: "Henry Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1991246"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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