# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jane-elizabeth-waterston
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:25:45.755Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jane-elizabeth-waterston"
name: "Jane Elizabeth Waterston"
slug: "jane-elizabeth-waterston"
description: "Jane Elizabeth Waterston was a Scottish teacher and the first woman physician in southern Africa. Inspired by David Livingstone she trained to become a physician and missionary. Prejudice led her to leave the mission in Livingstonia and to work with the poor in South Africa."
tagline: "Scottish teacher and doctor in South Africa"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr_Jane_Waterston_1843_1932.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1843-01-18"
deathDate: "1932-11-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.67
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.670338666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "جين اليزابيث ووترستون"
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    title: "জেন এলিজাবেথ ওৱাটাৰষ্টন"
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    title: "Jane Elizabeth Waterston"
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    title: "Jane Elizabeth Waterston"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump