# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laurids-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:18:18.455Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laurids-smith"
name: "Laurids Smith"
slug: "laurids-smith"
description: "Laurids Smith, also known as Lauritz Smith was a Danish clergyman, philosopher and early animal rights writer. He was Scandinavia's first known advocate of humane treatment of animals."
tagline: "Danish presbyter and writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laurids_Smith.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1754-04-12"
deathDate: "1794-03-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.92
  momentum:             0.4838709677419355
  historical:           4.60234
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurids_Smith"
    title: "Laurids Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurids_Smith"
    title: "Laurids Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurids_Smith"
    title: "Laurids Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurids_Smith"
    title: "Laurids Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Laurids_Smith"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12324066"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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