# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-angus-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:24:47.147Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-angus-smith"
name: "Robert Angus Smith"
slug: "robert-angus-smith"
description: "Robert Angus Smith FRS, commonly referred to as Angus Smith, was a Scottish chemist, who investigated numerous environmental issues. He is known for his research on air pollution in 1852, in the course of which he discovered what came to be known as acid rain. He is sometimes referred to as the 'Father of Acid Rain'."
tagline: "British chemist (1817-84)"
gender: "male"
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1817-02-15"
deathDate: "1884-05-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump