# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-john-ellis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:53:32.256Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-john-ellis"
name: "Alexander John Ellis"
slug: "alexander-john-ellis"
description: "Alexander John Ellis was an English mathematician, philologist and early phonetician who also influenced the field of musicology. He changed his name from his father's name, Sharpe, to his mother's maiden name, Ellis, in 1825 as a condition of receiving significant financial support from a relative on his mother's side. He is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, London."
tagline: "English mathematician, philologist and musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander_ellis.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1814-06-14"
deathDate: "1890-10-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.09503466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_John_Ellis"
    title: "Alexander John Ellis"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_John_Ellis"
    title: "Alexander John Ellis"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_John_Ellis"
    title: "Alexander John Ellis"
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  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_John_Ellis"
    title: "Alexander John Ellis"
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  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_John_Ellis"
    title: "Alexander John Ellis"
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    title: "Alexander John Ellis"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_John_Ellis"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_John_Ellis"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q621776"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump