# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-paxton
# Generated: 2026-08-31T22:41:13.787Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-paxton"
name: "Joseph Paxton"
slug: "joseph-paxton"
description: "Sir Joseph Paxton was an English gardener, architect, engineer and Liberal Member of Parliament. He is best known for designing the Crystal Palace, which was built in Hyde Park, London to house the Great Exhibition of 1851, the first world's fair, great public parks such as Birkenhead Park, and for cultivating the Cavendish banana, the most consumed banana in the Western world."
tagline: "English gardener, architect and Member of Parliament (1803-1865)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "architects"
profileType:
  name: "Architect"
  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1804-08-03"
deathDate: "1865-06-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 78
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump