# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fairfax-moresby
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:51:17.391Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fairfax-moresby"
name: "Fairfax Moresby"
slug: "fairfax-moresby"
description: "Admiral of the Fleet Sir Fairfax Moresby was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he took part in the unsuccessful Ferrol Expedition during the French Revolutionary Wars. He later saw action during the blockade of Brest during the Napoleonic Wars before becoming commanding officer of a sloop which was sent to the Aegean Sea to defend the population of Malta from pirates; the grateful people presented him with a sword."
tagline: "British Royal Navy admiral (1786-1877)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir_Fairfax_Moresby.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1786"
deathDate: "1877-01-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.558101333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "费尔法克斯·莫尔斯比"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%89"
    title: "فيرفاكس مورسبى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairfax_Moresby"
    title: "Fairfax Moresby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%81%DA%A9%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A8%DB%8C"
    title: "فیرفکس مورسبی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairfax_Moresby"
    title: "Fairfax Moresby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairfax_Moresby"
    title: "Fairfax Moresby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B1%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A4%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81"
    title: "Морсби, Фэрфакс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5430198"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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