# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-william-dawson
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:39:55.626Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-william-dawson"
name: "John William Dawson"
slug: "john-william-dawson"
description: "Sir John William Dawson (1820–1899) was a Canadian geologist and university administrator."
tagline: "Canadian geologist, principal of McGill University (1820–1899)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_William_Dawson_-_McCord_Stewart_Museum_(I-99564).jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CA"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1820-10-13"
deathDate: "1899-11-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.218684
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "John William Dawson"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Dawson"
    title: "John William Dawson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dawson_(geoloog)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump