# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eugenio-espejo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:59:44.522Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eugenio-espejo"
name: "Eugenio Espejo"
slug: "eugenio-espejo"
description: "Francisco Javier Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo[a] was a medical pioneer, writer and lawyer of indigenous origin in colonial Ecuador. Although he was a notable scientist and writer, he stands out as a polemicist who inspired the separatist movement in Quito. He is regarded as one of the most important figures in colonial Ecuador. He was Quito's first journalist and hygienist."
tagline: "18th century Spanish physician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Possible_authentic_portrait_of_Eugenio_Espejo_(1779-1780).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1747-02-21"
deathDate: "1795-12-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.43
  momentum:             8.305467822502969
  historical:           13.60929333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Eugenio Espejo"
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    title: "Eugenio Espejo"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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