# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-douglas-5th-earl-of-selkirk
# Generated: 2026-08-16T09:30:03.223Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-douglas-5th-earl-of-selkirk"
name: "Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk"
slug: "thomas-douglas-5th-earl-of-selkirk"
description: "Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk FRS FRSE was a Scottish landowner and philanthropist best known for sponsoring immigrant settlements in Canada at the Red River Colony."
tagline: "Scottish Earl"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_Douglas_5th_Earl_of_Selkirk.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1771-06-20"
deathDate: "1820-04-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.43
  momentum:             0.02754820936639119
  historical:           8.572645333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Douglas%2C_5t_Yerl_o_Selkirk"
    title: "Thomas Douglas, 5t Yerl o Selkirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3_(%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%84_%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%87_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85%D9%89)"
    title: "توماس دوجلاس (فاعل خير من مملكه بريطانيا العظمى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Douglas%2C_5._Earl_of_Selkirk"
    title: "Thomas Douglas, 5. Earl of Selkirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Douglas%2C_5th_Earl_of_Selkirk"
    title: "Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Douglas%2C_Selkirkin_5._jaarli"
    title: "Thomas Douglas, Selkirkin 5. jaarli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Douglas_(5e_comte_de_Selkirk)"
    title: "Thomas Douglas (5e comte de Selkirk)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Douglas%2C_Selkirk_5._gr%C3%B3fja"
    title: "Thomas Douglas, Selkirk 5. grófja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Douglas%2C_V_conte_di_Selkirk"
    title: "Thomas Douglas, V conte di Selkirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Douglas_(hrabia)"
    title: "Thomas Douglas (hrabia)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_5-%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BA"
    title: "Дуглас, Томас, 5-й граф Селкирк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335434"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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