# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gilbert-wakefield
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:53:30.589Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gilbert-wakefield"
name: "Gilbert Wakefield"
slug: "gilbert-wakefield"
description: "Gilbert Wakefield (1756–1801) was an English scholar and controversialist. He moved from being a cleric and academic, into tutoring at dissenting academies, and finally became a professional writer and publicist. In a celebrated state trial, he was imprisoned for a pamphlet critical of government policy of the French Revolutionary Wars; and died shortly after his release."
tagline: "English scholar (1756–1801)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gilbert_Wakefield.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1756-11-22"
deathDate: "1801-09-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.15
  momentum:             6.774193548387096
  historical:           5.472174666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Gilbert Wakefield"
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    title: "Gilbert Wakefield"
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  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Wakefield"
    title: "Gilbert Wakefield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gilbert_Wakefield"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Wakefield"
    title: "Gilbert Wakefield"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%BA%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B4%2C_%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Уэйкфилд, Гильберт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3105890"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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