# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-vollam-morton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:50:50.104Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-vollam-morton"
name: "Henry Vollam Morton"
slug: "henry-vollam-morton"
description: "Henry Canova Vollam Morton, was a journalist and pioneering travel writer from Lancashire, England. He was best known for his many books on London, Great Britain and the Holy Land. He first achieved fame in 1923 when, while working for the Daily Express, he covered the opening of the tomb of Tutankhamun by Howard Carter."
tagline: "British journalist and writer (1892-1979)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/29/HV_Morton.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1892-07-26"
deathDate: "1979-06-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.39
  momentum:             0.1485148514851485
  historical:           6.162853333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/H._V._Morton"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Vollam_Morton"
    title: "Henry Vollam Morton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%89_%DA%A4%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "هنرى ڤولام مورتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._V._Morton"
    title: "H. V. Morton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Vollam_Morton"
    title: "Henry Vollam Morton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC"
    title: "Мортон, Генри Воллам"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%80%D1%96_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Генрі Канова Воллам Мортон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5729591"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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