# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lawson-tait
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:28:18.050Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lawson-tait"
name: "Lawson Tait"
slug: "lawson-tait"
description: "Lawson Tait, born Robert Lawson Tait was a Scottish pioneer in pelvic and abdominal surgery who developed new techniques and procedures. He emphasized asepsis and introduced and advocated for surgical techniques that significantly reduced mortality. He is well known for introducing salpingectomy in 1883 as the treatment for ectopic pregnancy, a procedure that has saved countless lives since then. Tait and J. Marion Sims are considered the fathers of gynecology."
tagline: "British gynaecologist and antivivisectionist (1845–1899)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Lawson_Tait_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1845-05-01"
deathDate: "1899-06-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.339129333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BE%85%E4%BC%AF%E7%89%B9%C2%B7%E5%8B%9E%E6%A3%AE%C2%B7%E6%B3%B0%E7%89%B9"
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    title: "لوسون تايت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lawson_Tait"
    title: "Robert Lawson Tait"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawson_Tait"
    title: "Lawson Tait"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawson_Tait"
    title: "Lawson Tait"
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  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%BA_%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D"
    title: "ലോസൺ ടെയ്റ്റ്"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawson_Tait"
    title: "Lawson Tait"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q843488"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump