# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-held
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:11:53.774Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-held"
name: "David Held"
slug: "david-held"
description: "David Jonathan Andrew Held was a British political scientist who specialised in political theory and international relations. He held a joint appointment as Professor of Politics and International Relations, and was Master of University College, at Durham University until his death. He was also a visiting Professor of Political Science at Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli. Previously he was the Graham Wallas chair of Political Science and the co-director of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance at the London School of Economics."
tagline: "British political scientist and sociologist (1951–2019)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1951-08-27"
deathDate: "2019-03-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.dur.ac.uk/research/directory/staff/?mode=staff&id=10282"
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    title: "ಡೇವಿಡ್ ಜೊನಾಥನ್ ಆಂಡ್ರ್ಯೊ ಹೆಲ್ಡ್"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump