# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/agathe-thornton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:53:03.993Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/agathe-thornton"
name: "Agathe Thornton"
slug: "agathe-thornton"
description: "Agathe Henriette Franziska Thornton was a New Zealand academic specialising in classics and Māori studies. She was born in Germany and moved to New Zealand in 1947. She taught in the classics department of the University of Otago from 1948, eventually being appointed professor of classics, until her retirement in 1975."
tagline: "(1910-2006) New Zealand academic specialising in classics and Māori studies"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1910-11-20"
deathDate: "2006-10-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.51
  momentum:             4.155844155844156
  historical:           2.415696
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  21
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathe_Thornton"
    title: "Agathe Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathe_Thornton"
    title: "Agathe Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59532910"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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