# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-loudon-mcadam
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:33:26.395Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/john-loudon-mcadam"
name: "John Loudon McAdam"
slug: "john-loudon-mcadam"
description: "John Loudon McAdam was a Scottish civil engineer and road-builder. He invented a new process, \"macadamisation\", for building roads with a smooth hard surface, using controlled materials of mixed particle size and predetermined structure, that would be more durable and less muddy than soil-based tracks."
tagline: "Scottish engineer and road-builder (1756–1836)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Loudon_McAdam_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1756-09-21"
deathDate: "1836-11-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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