# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francois-joseph-clozel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:02:35.606Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francois-joseph-clozel"
name: "François Joseph Clozel"
slug: "francois-joseph-clozel"
description: "Marie François Joseph Clozel was a French colonial administrator who became Governor General of French West Africa.\nInterested in understanding the region, he took an active part in developing French scientific research in West Africa in collaboration with the anthropologist Maurice Delafosse."
tagline: "French military officer, colonial administrator, and governor-general"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fran%C3%A7ois_Clozel.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1860-03-29"
deathDate: "1918-05-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.16
  momentum:             15.18292682926829
  historical:           4.606012
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B0_%D0%96%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BB"
    title: "Франсоа Жозеф Клозел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Joseph_Clozel"
    title: "François Joseph Clozel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Joseph_Clozel"
    title: "François Joseph Clozel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Joseph_Clozel"
    title: "François Joseph Clozel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Joseph_Clozel"
    title: "François Joseph Clozel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3084978"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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