# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andrew-west
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:20:56.848Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andrew-west"
name: "Andrew West"
slug: "andrew-west"
description: "Andrew Christopher West was a British sinologist, linguist and script developer."
tagline: "British sinologist and typographer (1960–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andrew-west-20131211.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1960-03-31"
deathDate: "2025-07-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.81494
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/babelstone"
    handle:    "babelstone"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/babelstone/"
    handle:    "babelstone"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/babelstone"
    handle:    "babelstone"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.babelstone.co.uk/"
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA_(%D9%84%D8%BA%D9%88%D9%8A)"
    title: "أندرو ويست (لغوي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_West_(linguist)"
    title: "Andrew West (linguist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%8E_(%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82)"
    title: "Уэст, Эндрю (лингвист)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_West_(p%C3%BCkavan)"
    title: "Andrew West (pükavan)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AD%8F%E5%AE%89"
    title: "魏安"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4758888"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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