# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-maunde-thompson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:29:31.450Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-maunde-thompson"
name: "Edward Maunde Thompson"
slug: "edward-maunde-thompson"
description: "Sir Edward Maunde Thompson was a British palaeographer and Principal Librarian and first director of the British Museum."
tagline: "British palaeographer, Principal Librarian and first Director of the British Museum (1840–1929)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_Maunde_Thompson_Poynter.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1840-05-04"
deathDate: "1929-09-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.2
  momentum:             4.999999999999998
  historical:           6.138733333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Томпсон, Эдвард Маунд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Edward Maunde Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Έντουαρντ Μοντ Θόμπσον"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Maunde_Thompson"
    title: "Edward Maunde Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Maunde_Thompson"
    title: "Edward Maunde Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%A4%D5%BE%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A4_%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%A4_%D4%B9%D5%B8%D5%B4%D6%83%D5%BD%D5%B8%D5%B6"
    title: "Էդվարդ Մաունդ Թոմփսոն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardus_Maunde_Thompson"
    title: "Eduardus Maunde Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q766458"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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