# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-selwyn
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:26:55.710Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-selwyn"
name: "George Selwyn"
slug: "george-selwyn"
description: "George Augustus Selwyn was the first Anglican Bishop of New Zealand. He was Bishop of New Zealand from 1841 to 1869. His diocese was then subdivided and Selwyn was Metropolitan of New Zealand from 1858 to 1868. Returning to Britain, Selwyn served as Bishop of Lichfield from 1868 to 1878."
tagline: "New Zealand clergyman (1809–1878)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Selwyn%2C_George_Augustus_(1809-1878)%2C_by_Mason_%26_Co..jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "TV Personality"
  slug: "tv-personality"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1809-04-05"
deathDate: "1878-04-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.943737333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Selwyn_(vescovo_1809)"
    title: "George Selwyn (vescovo 1809)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "چورچ سيلوين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Джордж Селуин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Augustus_Selwyn"
    title: "George Augustus Selwyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Selwyn_(bishop_of_New_Zealand)"
    title: "George Selwyn (bishop of New Zealand)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Augustus_Selwyn_(obispo)"
    title: "George Augustus Selwyn (obispo)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Augustus_Selwyn"
    title: "George Augustus Selwyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3655327"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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