# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-henry-brunton
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:41:11.621Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-henry-brunton"
name: "Richard Henry Brunton"
slug: "richard-henry-brunton"
description: "Richard Henry Brunton FRGS MICE was a British engineer known as the \"Father of Japanese lighthouses\". Brunton was born in Muchalls, Kincardineshire, Scotland. He was employed by the government of Meiji period Japan as a foreign advisor, primarily to build lighthouses."
tagline: "British engineer (1841-1901)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Henry_Brunton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1841-12-26"
deathDate: "1901-04-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.99
  momentum:             8.958333333333332
  historical:           7.021816
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Брантон, Ричард Генри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ri%C3%A7ard_Henri_Branton"
    title: "Riçard Henri Branton"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Henry_Brunton"
    title: "Richard Henry Brunton"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Henry_Brunton"
    title: "Richard Henry Brunton"
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    title: "Richard Henry Brunton"
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    title: "Ռիչարդ Բրանտոն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "リチャード・ブラントン"
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  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Henry_Brunton"
    title: "Richard Henry Brunton"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump