# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-freer-andrews
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:54:52.028Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-freer-andrews"
name: "Charles Freer Andrews"
slug: "charles-freer-andrews"
description: "Charles Freer Andrews was an Anglican priest and Christian missionary, educator and social reformer, and an activist for Indian independence. He became a close friend of Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi and identified with the Indian liberation struggle. He was instrumental in persuading Gandhi to return to India from South Africa, where Gandhi had been a leading light in the campaign for Indian civil rights."
tagline: "Christian missionary in India, close friend of Mahatma Gandhi"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_Freer_Andrews_1971_stamp_of_India.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1871-02-12"
deathDate: "1940-04-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             2.195121951219512
  historical:           11.93333866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump