# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sylvester-baxter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:50:59.429Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sylvester-baxter"
name: "Sylvester Baxter"
slug: "sylvester-baxter"
description: "Sylvester Baxter was an American newspaper writer, poet, and urban planner in the Boston area. In 1893 he became the first secretary of the Massachusetts Metropolitan Park Commission and along with Charles Eliot was a chief force in the development of the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston."
tagline: "American newspaper writer and urban planner (1850–1927)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SylvesterBaxter1893.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1850"
deathDate: "1927"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.935457333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "سيلفستر باكستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "سيلفستر باكستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_Baxter"
    title: "Sylvester Baxter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_Baxter"
    title: "Sylvester Baxter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7660764"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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