# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/daphne-sheldrick
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:13:11.582Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/daphne-sheldrick"
name: "Daphne Sheldrick"
slug: "daphne-sheldrick"
description: "Dame Daphne Marjorie Sheldrick, was a Kenyan author, conservationist and expert in animal husbandry, particularly the raising and reintegrating of orphaned elephants into the wild for over 30 years. She was the founder of the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust."
tagline: "Kenya-based British author, conservationist and expert in animal husbandry (1934–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Secretary_Kerry_Walks_With_Ambassador_Godec%2C_Angela_Sheldrick%2C_and_an_Elephant_Caretaker_at_the_Sheldrick_Elephant_Orphanage_(16735528344).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1934-06-04"
deathDate: "2018-04-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.92
  momentum:             0.4200763775231861
  historical:           9.535426666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1150981/"
    handle:    "nm1150981"
sources:
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Дафни Шелдрик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Daphne Sheldrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_Sheldrick"
    title: "Daphne Sheldrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_Sheldrick"
    title: "Daphne Sheldrick"
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    title: "Դաֆնի Շելդրիկ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Daphne Sheldrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Daphne Sheldrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Daphne Sheldrick"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Daphne Sheldrick"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump