# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernest-cromwell-peake
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:15:15.547Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernest-cromwell-peake"
name: "Ernest Cromwell Peake"
slug: "ernest-cromwell-peake"
description: "Ernest Cromwell Peake was an English Missionary of the London Missionary Society who worked in China, from 1899 to 1922. He was the first medical missionary to work in Hengzhou, in Hunan Province, China where he set up a clinic and dispensary. He was also appointed head of the Mackenzie Memorial Hospital in Tianjin, China in 1912. Peake was known for teaching Chinese locals about medicine, and for being one of the first missionaries to bring modern medical techniques to China. He was the father of Mervyn Peake, the writer and poet."
tagline: "British missionary"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1874-08-18"
deathDate: "1950-12-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.06
  momentum:             6.923076923076924
  historical:           1.535745333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  29
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Cromwell_Peake"
    title: "Ernest Cromwell Peake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19893987"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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