# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-liston-q715460
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:09:03.442Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-liston-q715460"
name: "Robert Liston"
slug: "robert-liston-q715460"
description: "Robert Liston was a Scottish surgeon. Liston was noted for his speed and skill in an era prior to anaesthetics, when speed made a difference in terms of pain and survival. He was the first Professor of Clinical Surgery at University College Hospital in London and performed the first public operation utilising modern anaesthesia in Europe."
tagline: "Scottish surgeon (1794-1847)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Liston_Stump.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1794-10-28"
deathDate: "1847-12-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.41226666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 240
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    title: "罗伯特·李斯顿"
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    title: "Robert Liston"
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    title: "Robert Liston"
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    title: "Robert Liston"
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    title: "රොබර්ට් ලිස්ටන්"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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