# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-wither
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:57:32.938Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-wither"
name: "George Wither"
slug: "george-wither"
description: "George Wither was a prolific English poet, pamphleteer, satirist, and writer of hymns. Wither's life spanned one of the most tumultuous periods in the history of England, during the reigns of Elizabeth I, James I, and Charles I, the Civil War, the Parliamentary period, and the Restoration period."
tagline: "English poet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Wither.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1588-06-11"
deathDate: "1667-05-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.67
  momentum:             17.25988700564972
  historical:           6.615624
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2060575"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%BE%D8%B1"
    title: "جورج اشپر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wither"
    title: "George Wither"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wither"
    title: "George Wither"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wither"
    title: "George Wither"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6"
    title: "Уитер, Джордж"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Wither"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/acfdc648-6df7-4018-ba15-cb8626a23d5d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5546465"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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