# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/augustus-toplady
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:16:36.730Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/augustus-toplady"
name: "Augustus Toplady"
slug: "augustus-toplady"
description: "Augustus Montague Toplady was an English Anglican cleric and hymn writer. He was a major Calvinist opponent of John Wesley. He is best remembered as the author of the hymn \"Rock of Ages\". Three of his other hymns – \"A Debtor to Mercy Alone\", \"Deathless Principle, Arise\" and \"Object of My First Desire\" – are still occasionally sung today."
tagline: "British hymn writer, Anglican cleric (1740–1778)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AugustusMToplady.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1740-11-04"
deathDate: "1778-08-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.53
  momentum:             0.2183803457688808
  historical:           8.373761333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0867686/"
    handle:    "nm0867686"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Augustus Montague Toplady"
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    title: "Augustus Toplady"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Augustus Montague Toplady"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Toplady"
    title: "Augustus Toplady"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_M._Toplady"
    title: "Augustus M. Toplady"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Montague_Toplady"
    title: "Augustus Montague Toplady"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Montague_Toplady"
    title: "Augustus Montague Toplady"
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  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Augustus_Toplady"
    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump