# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-alexander-browne
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:56:46.593Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-alexander-browne"
name: "Thomas Alexander Browne"
slug: "thomas-alexander-browne"
description: "Thomas Alexander Browne was a British-born Australian police magistrate and author. He published many of his works under the pseudonym Rolf Boldrewood. He is best known for his 1882 bushranging novel Robbery Under Arms. He served as the goldfields commissioner in New South Wales. In his capacity as police magistrate and warden of goldfields, he was entrusted with the administration of justice at Gulgong, Dubbo, Armidale, and Albury. He acted as police magistrate during the period between 1870 and 1895."
tagline: "British writer (1826–1915)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_Alexander_Browne.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1826-08-06"
deathDate: "1915-03-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.75
  momentum:             6.856060606060606
  historical:           7.01602
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%83%D0%B4"
    title: "Рольф Болдревуд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "توماس ألكسندر براون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "توماس الكسندر براون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Boldrewood"
    title: "Rolf Boldrewood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Alexander_Browne"
    title: "Thomas Alexander Browne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Boldrewood"
    title: "Rolf Boldrewood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Alexander_Browne"
    title: "Thomas Alexander Browne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Boldrewood"
    title: "Rolf Boldrewood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2163271"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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