# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-joseph-dent
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:41:52.723Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-joseph-dent"
name: "Edward Joseph Dent"
slug: "edward-joseph-dent"
description: "Edward Joseph Dent, generally known as Edward J. Dent, was an English musicologist, teacher, translator and critic. A leading figure of musicology and music criticism, Dent was Professor of Music at the University of Cambridge between 1926 and 1941."
tagline: "British musicologist (1876–1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_J._Dent%2C_1900.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1876-07-06"
deathDate: "1957-08-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.66
  momentum:             13.04054054054054
  historical:           11.8117
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1028598"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "ادوارد چوزيف دينت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Dent"
    title: "Edward Dent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Joseph_Dent"
    title: "Edward Joseph Dent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Joseph_Dent"
    title: "Edward Joseph Dent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Joseph_Dent"
    title: "Edward Joseph Dent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Joseph_Dent"
    title: "Edward Joseph Dent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Joseph_Dent"
    title: "Edward Joseph Dent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Joseph_Dent"
    title: "Edward Joseph Dent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Dent"
    title: "Edward Dent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84"
    title: "Дент, Эдуард Джозеф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Joseph_Dent"
    title: "Edward Joseph Dent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Joseph_Dent"
    title: "Edward Joseph Dent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/27173c03-3ec2-4cf2-b667-dfb306c8f641"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1292053"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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