# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elihu-doty
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:58:01.160Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elihu-doty"
name: "Elihu Doty"
slug: "elihu-doty"
description: "Elihu Doty was an American missionary to China. He was responsible for the first textbook of Southern Min in English. Along with John Van Nest Talmage he is credited with the invention of Pe̍h-ōe-jī, the most common orthography used to write Southern Min, although some doubt remains as to the exact origins of this system."
tagline: "American missionary"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Doty.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1809-09-20"
deathDate: "1864-11-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.35
  momentum:             4.8
  historical:           4.805328
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%87%D9%88_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A"
    title: "إليهو دوتي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elihu_Doty"
    title: "Elihu Doty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elihu_Doty"
    title: "Elihu Doty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elihu_Doty"
    title: "Elihu Doty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BE%85%E5%95%BB"
    title: "羅啻"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5360849"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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