# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benito-jeronimo-feijoo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:35:24.186Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benito-jeronimo-feijoo"
name: "Benito Jerónimo Feijoo"
slug: "benito-jeronimo-feijoo"
description: "Friar Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro was a Spanish monk and scholar who led the Spanish Enlightenment. He was an energetic popularizer noted for encouraging scientific and empirical thought in an effort to debunk myths and superstitions."
tagline: "Spanish monk and scholar"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Retrato_p%C3%B3stumo_del_padre_Benito_Jer%C3%B3nimo_Feijoo_(Mariano_Salvador_Maella).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "ES"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1677-10-08"
deathDate: "1764-09-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.80904133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump