# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/janet-parker
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:10:34.468Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/janet-parker"
name: "Janet Parker"
slug: "janet-parker"
description: "In 1978, a smallpox outbreak in the United Kingdom led to the death of Janet Parker, a British medical photographer. She was the last person recorded to have died from this disease. Parker's illness and death were linked to two additional fatalities, prompting the government to establish the Shooter Inquiry. This official investigation, conducted by a panel of experts headed by microbiologist R.A. Shooter, led to significant reforms in the study of dangerous pathogens in the UK."
tagline: "English photographer; last known person to die from Smallpox"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Birmingham_Medical_School.jpg/330px-Birmingham_Medical_School.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1938"
deathDate: "1978-09-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.34
  momentum:             2.952624716906647
  historical:           9.928916000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Parker"
    title: "Janet Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B1"
    title: "جانيت باركر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Parker"
    title: "Janet Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Parker"
    title: "Janet Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Parker"
    title: "Janet Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Parker"
    title: "Janet Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Parker"
    title: "Janet Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%8D%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジャネット・パーカー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Parker"
    title: "Janet Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Parker"
    title: "Janet Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Parker"
    title: "Janet Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3271592"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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