# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-augustus-hicky
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:28:45.270Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-augustus-hicky"
name: "James Augustus Hicky"
slug: "james-augustus-hicky"
description: "James Augustus Hicky was an Irishman who launched the first printed newspaper in India, Hicky's Bengal Gazette."
tagline: "Irishman who launched first printed newspaper of India, in 1780"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1740"
deathDate: "1802"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.62
  momentum:             0.2760084925690022
  historical:           5.750757333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "詹姆斯·希基"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "জেমস অগাস্টাস হিকি"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Augustus_Hicky"
    title: "James Augustus Hicky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "जेम्स ऑगस्टस हिक्की"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ಜೇಮ್ಸ್ ಅಗಸ್ಟಸ್ ಹಿಕ್ಕಿ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%9C%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF"
    title: "ജെയിംസ് അഗസ്റ്റസ് ഹിക്കി"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8_%E0%A4%91%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B8_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80"
    title: "जेम्स ऑगस्टस हिकी"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4320318"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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