# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/w-ross-ashby
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:29:46.750Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/w-ross-ashby"
name: "W. Ross Ashby"
slug: "w-ross-ashby"
description: "William Ross Ashby was an English psychiatrist and a pioneer in cybernetics, the study of the science of communications and automatic control systems in both machines and living things. His first name was not used: he was known as Ross Ashby."
tagline: "British psychiatrist (1903-1972)"
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country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1903-09-06"
deathDate: "1972-11-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump