# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-mccall-theal
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:25:37.654Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-mccall-theal"
name: "George McCall Theal"
slug: "george-mccall-theal"
description: "George McCall Theal, was the most prolific and influential South African historian, archivist and genealogist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century."
tagline: "South African historian, archivist and genealogist (1837–1919)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GMTheal_VA0951.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1837-04-11"
deathDate: "1919-04-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.82
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.005976
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Тил, Джордж Мак-Колл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McCall_Theal"
    title: "George McCall Theal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جورج ماكول ثيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McCall_Theal"
    title: "George McCall Theal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McCall_Theal"
    title: "George McCall Theal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McCall_Theal"
    title: "George McCall Theal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%BB_%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%94%D5%B8%D5%AC_%D4%B9%D5%AB%D5%AC"
    title: "Ջորջ ՄակՔոլ Թիլ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McCall_Theal"
    title: "George McCall Theal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1507874"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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