# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-james-rapson
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:10:21.355Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-james-rapson"
name: "Edward James Rapson"
slug: "edward-james-rapson"
description: "Edward James Rapson FBA was a British numismatist, philologist and professor of Sanskrit at the University of Cambridge. He was a fellow of St. John's College. Rapson died following a sudden collapse at dinner at St. John's."
tagline: "British numismatist, philologist and historian (1861–1937)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/E.J._Rapson_1861-1937.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1861-05-12"
deathDate: "1937-10-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.42
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.535853333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ادوارد جيمس رابسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._J._Rapson"
    title: "E. J. Rapson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.J._Rapson"
    title: "E.J. Rapson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/E._J._Rapson"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16929571"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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