# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-walpole
# Generated: 2026-08-20T23:14:39.736Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-walpole"
name: "George Walpole"
slug: "george-walpole"
description: "George Henry Somerset Walpole, known as Somerset Walpole was an Anglican priest, bishop, teacher and author. After early service in the west of England he moved first to Auckland, New Zealand, and then to New York, before returning to England. After educational work in Durham and pastoral work in London he was elected Bishop of Edinburgh in 1910, and held the post until his death."
tagline: "Scottish bishop"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Right_Reverend_George_Henry_Somerset_Walpole_(9_November_1854_%E2%80%93_4_March_1929)_on_December_18%2C_1915.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1854-11-09"
deathDate: "1929-03-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           33.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           1.536357333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  44
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_Walpole"
    title: "Somerset Walpole"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5545844"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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