# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dorothy-miles
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:34:40.970Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dorothy-miles"
name: "Dorothy Miles"
slug: "dorothy-miles"
description: "Dorothy \"Dot\" Miles was a Welsh poet and activist in the Deaf community. Throughout her life, she composed her poems in English, British Sign Language, and American Sign Language. Her work laid the foundations for modern sign language poetry in the United States and the United Kingdom. She is regarded as the pioneer of BSL poetry and her work influenced many contemporary deaf poets."
tagline: "British poet and activist (1931–1993)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1931-08-19"
deathDate: "1993-01-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.91
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.812204
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Miles"
    title: "Dorothy Miles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%8A_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "دوروثي مايلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "دوروثى مايلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Miles"
    title: "Dorothy Miles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Miles"
    title: "Dorothy Miles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Miles"
    title: "Dorothy Miles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Miles"
    title: "Dorothy Miles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Miles"
    title: "Dorothy Miles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5298551"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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