# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-adamson-q509636
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:29:24.780Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-adamson-q509636"
name: "Robert Adamson"
slug: "robert-adamson-q509636"
description: "Robert Adamson was a Scottish chemist and pioneer photographer at Hill & Adamson. He is best known for his pioneering photographic work with David Octavius Hill and producing some 2500 calotypes, mostly portraits, within 5 years after being hired by Hill in 1843."
tagline: "Scottish chemist and photographer (1821–1848)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Adamson_-_restore.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1821-04-26"
deathDate: "1848-01-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.73
  momentum:             0.4777070063694268
  historical:           8.078510666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Роберт Адамсон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Adamson_(photographer)"
    title: "Robert Adamson (photographer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "روبيرت ادمسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Adamson_(fotograf)"
    title: "Robert Adamson (fotograf)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Adamson_(Fotograf)"
    title: "Robert Adamson (Fotograf)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Adamson_(fot%C3%B3grafo)"
    title: "Robert Adamson (fotógrafo)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Adamson"
    title: "Robert Adamson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Adamson_(fotograf)"
    title: "Robert Adamson (fotograf)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Адамсон, Роберт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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