# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-gair
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:26:22.262Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-gair"
name: "Robert Gair"
slug: "robert-gair"
description: "Robert Gair was a Scottish-American printer and paper bag maker who invented the folding carton in 1879."
tagline: "Inventor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Gair.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1839"
deathDate: "1927"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.9
  momentum:             2.852233676975945
  historical:           6.813464
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gair"
    title: "Robert Gair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "روبرت جير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gair"
    title: "Robert Gair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gair"
    title: "Robert Gair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gair"
    title: "Robert Gair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8C%D5%B8%D5%A2%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%BF_%D4%B3%D5%A5%D5%B5%D6%80"
    title: "Ռոբերտ Գեյր"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%80%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Гейр, Роберт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%80"
    title: "Роберт Гейр"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12177029"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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