# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/connop-thirlwall
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:45:07.771Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/connop-thirlwall"
name: "Connop Thirlwall"
slug: "connop-thirlwall"
description: "Connop Thirlwall was an English churchman, who served as Bishop of St David's in Wales from 1840 to 1874. A noted scholar of history and literature, he is known for pioneering the concept of dramatic irony in the context of studying the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles."
tagline: "British bishop & historian (1797–1875)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Connop_Thirlwall_NPG.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1797-01-11"
deathDate: "1875-07-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.271274666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Connop Thirlwall"
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    title: "كونوب ثيرلوال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connop_Thirlwall"
    title: "Connop Thirlwall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Connop_Thirlwall"
    title: "Wikiquote"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connop_Thirlwall"
    title: "Connop Thirlwall"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connop_Thirlwall"
    title: "Connop Thirlwall"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q538094"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump