# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-topsell
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:38:00.175Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-topsell"
name: "Edward Topsell"
slug: "edward-topsell"
description: "Edward Topsell was an English cleric and author best remembered for his bestiary."
tagline: "English cleric and author"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Papilio_machaon_Topsell_1658.jpg/330px-Papilio_machaon_Topsell_1658.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1572"
deathDate: "1625"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.4144
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edward_Topsell"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "ادوارد توپسيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Topsell"
    title: "Edward Topsell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Topsell"
    title: "Edward Topsell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Topsell"
    title: "Edward Topsell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%90%EB%93%9C%EC%9B%8C%EB%93%9C_%ED%86%B1%EC%85%80"
    title: "에드워드 톱셀"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Topsell"
    title: "Edward Topsell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Topsell"
    title: "Edward Topsell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Topsell"
    title: "Edward Topsell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Едвард Топселл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%88%B1%E5%BE%B7%E5%8D%8E%C2%B7%E6%89%98%E6%99%AE%E5%A1%9E%E5%B0%94"
    title: "爱德华·托普塞尔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3048705"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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