# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-anderson-q903374
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:32:36.851Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-anderson-q903374"
name: "Thomas Anderson"
slug: "thomas-anderson-q903374"
description: "Thomas Anderson was a 19th-century British chemist. In 1853 his work on alkaloids led him to discover the correct formula/composition for codeine. In 1868 he discovered pyridine and related organic compounds such as picoline through studies on the distillation of bone oil and other animal matter."
tagline: "Scottish chemist (1819–1874)"
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birthDate: "1819-07-02"
deathDate: "1874-11-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump