# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-ferguson-weir
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:47:01.931Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-ferguson-weir"
name: "John Ferguson Weir"
slug: "john-ferguson-weir"
description: "John Ferguson Weir was an American painter, sculptor, writer, and educator. He was a son of painter Robert Walter Weir, long-time professor of drawing at the Military Academy at West Point. His younger brother, J. Alden Weir, also became a well-known artist who painted in the style of American Impressionism. His niece was artist and educator Irene Weir."
tagline: "American painter and sculptor (1841-1926)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Walter_Weir%2C_Portrait_of_John_Ferguson_Weir.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1841-08-28"
deathDate: "1926-04-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.86
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.672822666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ferguson_Weir"
    title: "John Ferguson Weir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%BA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "جون فيرغسون وير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ferguson_Weir"
    title: "John Ferguson Weir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジョン・ファーガソン・ウィアー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ferguson_Weir"
    title: "John Ferguson Weir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A8"
    title: "ג'ון פרגוסון וייר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6232998"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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