# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/asa-briggs
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:21:43.113Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/asa-briggs"
name: "Asa Briggs"
slug: "asa-briggs"
description: "Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs was an English historian. He was a leading specialist on the Victorian era, and the foremost historian of broadcasting in Britain. Briggs achieved international recognition during his long and prolific career for examining various aspects of modern British history. He became a life peer in 1976."
tagline: "English historian (1921-2016)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Asa_Briggs.jpg/330px-Asa_Briggs.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1921-05-07"
deathDate: "2016-03-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.11803866666667
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm2854952"
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    title: "Asa Briggs"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Asa Briggs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Asa Briggs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Asa Briggs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Briggs"
    title: "Asa Briggs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Briggs"
    title: "Asa Briggs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Briggs"
    title: "Asa Briggs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Бриггс, Эйза"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Asa Briggs"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump