# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-wyke-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:30:37.098Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-wyke-smith"
name: "Edward Wyke-Smith"
slug: "edward-wyke-smith"
description: "Edward Augustine Wyke-Smith was an English adventurer, mining engineer and writer. He is known mainly for The Marvellous Land of Snergs, a children's fantasy novel he wrote as E. A. Wyke-Smith, whose \"snergs\" provided inspiration for Tolkien's creation of hobbits."
tagline: "English writer (1871–1935)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1871"
deathDate: "1935"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.204716
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Wyke-Smith"
    title: "Edward Wyke-Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB_(%D9%85%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B3)"
    title: "إدوارد سميث (مهندس)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB"
    title: "ادوارد سميث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Wyke-Smith"
    title: "Edward Wyke-Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Wyke-Smith"
    title: "Edward Wyke-Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Wyke-Smith"
    title: "Edward Wyke-Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Wyke-Smith"
    title: "Edward Wyke-Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Wyke-Smith"
    title: "Edward Wyke-Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2274359"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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