# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-bellerby-wilson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:46:50.625Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-bellerby-wilson"
name: "Thomas Bellerby Wilson"
slug: "thomas-bellerby-wilson"
description: "Thomas Bellerby Wilson (1807–1865) was an American naturalist. Wilson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and educated first at a Quaker school there, then in Darlington, England, and then at the University of Paris, France and Trinity College in Ireland. In 1828, he entered the University of Pennsylvania training as a physician. He lived in Philadelphia until 1833, then moved to New London, Pennsylvania. In 1841, he moved to Newark, Delaware. He joined the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and was their principal benefactor and donor. His 26,000 specimens bird collection was housed in the academy building, which was enlarged for the purpose of its display."
tagline: "American ornithologist, entomologist and naturalist (1807-1865)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_Bellerby_Wilson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1807-01-17"
deathDate: "1865-03-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Thomas Bellerby Wilson"
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    title: "Thomas Bellerby Wilson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump