# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-cotton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:43:31.893Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-cotton"
name: "Charles Cotton"
slug: "charles-cotton"
description: "Charles Cotton was an English poet and writer, best known for translating the work of Michel de Montaigne from French, for his contributions to The Compleat Angler, and for the influential The Compleat Gamester attributed to him."
tagline: "English poet and angler (1630–1687)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/British_(English)_School_-_Charles_Cotton_(1630%E2%80%931687)_-_419831_-_National_Trust.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1630-04-28"
deathDate: "1687-02-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.42
  momentum:             2.352941176470588
  historical:           8.351297333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1034209"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cotton"
    title: "Charles Cotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cotton_(Dichter)"
    title: "Charles Cotton (Dichter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cotton"
    title: "Charles Cotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cotton_(po%C3%A8te)"
    title: "Charles Cotton (poète)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%89%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AC%D5%A6_%D5%94%D5%B8%D5%A9%D5%B8%D5%B6"
    title: "Չարլզ Քոթոն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B7"
    title: "Коттон, Чарльз"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9F%A5%E7%88%BE%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E7%A7%91%E9%A0%93"
    title: "查爾斯·科頓"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Cotton"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3c8e25f0-7ee2-403e-aa85-8971a5f82e97"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2958807"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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