# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-stanley-weir
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:05:30.760Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-stanley-weir"
name: "Robert Stanley Weir"
slug: "robert-stanley-weir"
description: "Robert Stanley Weir was a Canadian judge and poet most famous for writing the English lyrics to \"O Canada\", the national anthem of Canada. He was educated as a teacher and lawyer and considered one of the leading experts of the day on Quebec's municipal civil law. He was appointed a municipal court judge and a local judge in admiralty for the Exchequer Court of Canada."
tagline: "Canadian judge and poet (1856-1926)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Stanley_Weir_1899.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1856-11-15"
deathDate: "1926-08-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.89
  momentum:             2.740213523131673
  historical:           6.625776
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/73045468-e1d4-4754-b2c1-8a572fa19b07"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%84%D9%8A_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "روبرت ستانلي وير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "روبرت ستانلى وير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stanley_Weir"
    title: "Robert Stanley Weir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stanley_Weir"
    title: "Robert Stanley Weir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stanley_Weir"
    title: "Robert Stanley Weir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stanley_Weir"
    title: "Robert Stanley Weir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_Stanley_Weir"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3436349"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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