# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hugh-kelly
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:56:05.945Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hugh-kelly"
name: "Hugh Kelly"
slug: "hugh-kelly"
description: "Hugh Kelly was an Irish dramatist and poet. From the 1760s he was employed as a propagandist for the British government, attacking members of the Opposition. After arriving in London in 1760 to work as a staymaker, he soon turned to become a writer and made a living as a journalist. In 1766 he published Thespis, a long poem about the acting profession, which gained him wide attention. He followed up this success with the novel Memoirs of a Magdalen in 1767. He ultimately became known for his stage plays such as the comedy False Delicacy and A Word to the Wise."
tagline: "Irish writer, editor (1739-1777)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1739"
deathDate: "1777-02-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.60324
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Kelly_(poet)"
    title: "Hugh Kelly (poet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Kelly"
    title: "Hugh Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Kelly"
    title: "Hugh Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A5%D1%8C%D1%8E"
    title: "Келли, Хью"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hugh_Kelly_(poet)"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3142272"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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