# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-scharf
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:08:03.270Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-scharf"
name: "George Scharf"
slug: "george-scharf"
description: "Sir George Scharf KCB was a British art critic, illustrator, and director of the National Portrait Gallery."
tagline: "First director of the National Portrait Gallery, London (1820-1895)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir_George_Scharf_by_Walter_William_Ouless.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1820-12-16"
deathDate: "1895-04-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.44
  momentum:             0.5660377358490567
  historical:           5.672714666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Scharf"
    title: "George Scharf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%81"
    title: "جورج شارف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Scharf"
    title: "George Scharf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Scharf"
    title: "George Scharf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Scharf"
    title: "George Scharf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%95"
    title: "ジョージ・シャーフ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1508241"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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