# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-underwood
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:01:54.959Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-underwood"
name: "Michael Underwood"
slug: "michael-underwood"
description: "Michael Underwood was an English physician and surgeon, born in West Molesey in Surrey. He is a relevant figure in the history of medicine and pediatrics for having given the first known description of several childhood diseases, infantile paralysis and polio included."
tagline: "British physician"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1736-09-29"
deathDate: "1820"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.15
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.138877333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Underwood_(daktari)"
    title: "Michael Underwood (daktari)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%88%D8%AF_(%D8%B7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A8)"
    title: "مايكل أندروود (طبيب)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%88%D8%AF"
    title: "مايكل اندروود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Underwood_(physician)"
    title: "Michael Underwood (physician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Underwood_(m%C3%A9decin)"
    title: "Michael Underwood (médecin)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Underwood"
    title: "Michael Underwood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Underwood"
    title: "Michael Underwood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3856286"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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