# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-douglas-9th-marquess-of-queensberry
# Generated: 2026-08-16T12:43:56.228Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-douglas-9th-marquess-of-queensberry"
name: "John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry"
slug: "john-douglas-9th-marquess-of-queensberry"
description: "John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry was a British nobleman of the Victorian era, remembered for his atheism, his outspoken views, his brutish manner, for lending his name to the \"Queensberry Rules\" that form the basis of modern boxing, and for his role in the downfall of the Irish author and playwright Oscar Wilde."
tagline: "Scottish noble (1844-1900)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/9th-marquess-of-Queensberry.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1844-07-20"
deathDate: "1900-01-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.96550266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump