# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-donovan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:51:37.238Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-donovan"
name: "Edward Donovan"
slug: "edward-donovan"
description: "Edward Donovan was an Anglo-Irish writer, natural history illustrator, and amateur zoologist. He did not travel, but collected, described and illustrated many species based on the collections of other naturalists. His many books were successful in his time. He died penniless in 1837 leaving a large family destitute."
tagline: "Anglo-Irish writer, natural history illustrator, and amateur zoologist (1768-1837)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Fish_Edward_Donovan.jpeg/330px-Fish_Edward_Donovan.jpeg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1768"
deathDate: "1837-02-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.29
  momentum:             16.6551724137931
  historical:           13.33941733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Donovan"
    title: "Edward Donovan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "إدوارد دونوفان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Donovan"
    title: "Edward Donovan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Donovan"
    title: "Edward Donovan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Donovan"
    title: "Edward Donovan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Donovan"
    title: "Edward Donovan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Donovan"
    title: "Edward Donovan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Donovan"
    title: "Edward Donovan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Donovan"
    title: "Edward Donovan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Donovan"
    title: "Edward Donovan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%89%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%83%8E%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3"
    title: "エドワード・ドノヴァン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Донован, Эдвард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Donovan"
    title: "Edward Donovan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Donovan"
    title: "Edward Donovan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Donovan"
    title: "Edward Donovan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Donovan"
    title: "Edward Donovan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2501443"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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