# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-simson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:26:33.032Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-simson"
name: "Robert Simson"
slug: "robert-simson"
description: "Robert Simson was a Scottish mathematician and professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow. The Simson line is named after him."
tagline: "British mathematician; (1687-1768)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Simson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1687-10-14"
deathDate: "1768-10-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.4
  historical:           15.94474533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump