# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-jeremiah-bigsby
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:57:32.740Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-jeremiah-bigsby"
name: "John Jeremiah Bigsby"
slug: "john-jeremiah-bigsby"
description: "John Jeremiah Bigsby, was an English physician who became known for his work on geology, an interest developed while on military service in Lower and Upper Canada, 1818-1826. He was a member of the American Philosophical Society. Before moving to London, he was Alderman and Mayor of Newark-upon-Trent, 1827–1830. In 1850, he published a lively book recounting his life and travels in British North America, The Shoe and Canoe. In 1868, he published his most important scientific work, Thesaurus Siluricus, being a list of all the fossils which occur in the Silurian formation across the world. He contributed about twenty seven papers to various scientific societies in London. He published Thesaurus Devonico-Carboniferus but died shortly before completing Thesaurus Permianus. In 1874, he was awarded the Murchison Medal. In 1876, he endowed the Bigsby Medal."
tagline: "English physician and geologist (1792-1881)"
gender: "male"
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birthDate: "1792-08-14"
deathDate: "1881-02-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  currentAttention:     0
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  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump