# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-wakley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:57:26.529Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-wakley"
name: "Thomas Wakley"
slug: "thomas-wakley"
description: "Thomas Wakley was an English surgeon. He gained fame as a social reformer who campaigned against incompetence, privilege and nepotism. He was the founding editor of The Lancet, a radical Member of Parliament (MP) of the Liberal Party and a celebrated coroner."
tagline: "English surgeon and reformer (died 1862)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_Wakley72.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1795-07-11"
deathDate: "1862-05-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.62
  momentum:             2.454545454545455
  historical:           7.881642666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Thomas Wakley"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump