# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-de-la-beche
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:37:02.365Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-de-la-beche"
name: "Henry De la Beche"
slug: "henry-de-la-beche"
description: "Sir Henry Thomas De la Beche KCB, FRS was an English geologist and palaeontologist, the first director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, who helped pioneer early geological survey methods. He was the first President of the Palaeontographical Society. He was also a slave plantation owner in Jamaica."
tagline: "English geologist, palaeontologist and Slave plantations owner (1796–1855)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry_Thomas_de_la_Beche.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1796-02-10"
deathDate: "1855-04-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.535211267605634
  historical:           16.36724533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump