# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-william-smillie
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:17:03.637Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-william-smillie"
name: "Thomas William Smillie"
slug: "thomas-william-smillie"
description: "Thomas William Smillie was a British-American photographer and archivist. He served as the first official photographer of the Smithsonian Institution, as well as the first official curator of the Smithsonian's photography collection."
tagline: "American photographer, the Smithsonian’s first official photographer and first photography curator (1843–1917)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Thomas_William_Smillie%2C_circa_1910s.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1843-04-15"
deathDate: "1917-03-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.89
  momentum:             2.340425531914894
  historical:           3.735421333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "توماس سمايلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "توماس سمايلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Smillie"
    title: "Thomas Smillie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Smillie"
    title: "Thomas Smillie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26838576"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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