# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-canton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:57:07.553Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-canton"
name: "John Canton"
slug: "john-canton"
description: "John Canton was a British physicist. He was born in Middle Street Stroud, Gloucestershire, to a weaver, John Canton and Esther. As a schoolboy, he became the first person to determine the latitude of Stroud, while making a sundial. The sundial caught the attention of many, including Dr Henry Miles, a Stroud-born Fellow of the Royal Society. Miles encouraged Canton to leave Gloucestershire to become a trainee teacher for Samuel Watkins, the headmaster of a Nonconformist school in Spital Square, London, with whom he ultimately entered into partnership."
tagline: "British physicist"
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gender: "male"
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birthDate: "1718-07-31"
deathDate: "1772-03-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump