# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-gridley-howe
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:21:08.661Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samuel-gridley-howe"
name: "Samuel Gridley Howe"
slug: "samuel-gridley-howe"
description: "Samuel Gridley Howe was an American physician, abolitionist, and advocate of education for the blind. He organized and was the first director of the Perkins Institution. In 1824, he went to Greece to serve as a surgeon in the Greek War of Independence. He arranged for support for refugees and brought many Greek children back to Boston with him for their education."
tagline: "American physician and abolitionist (1801–1876)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samuel_Gridley_Howe.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1801-11-10"
deathDate: "1876-01-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             10
  historical:           13.00860933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump