# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-percy-fitzpatrick
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:34:16.412Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-percy-fitzpatrick"
name: "James Percy FitzPatrick"
slug: "james-percy-fitzpatrick"
description: "Sir James Percy FitzPatrick,, known as Percy FitzPatrick, was a South African author, politician, mining financier and pioneer of the fruit industry. He authored the classic children's book, Jock of the Bushveld (1907). As a politician, he defended British Imperial interests before and during the Anglo-Boer War. FitzPatrick is responsible for the creation of the two-minute silence observed on Armistice Day."
tagline: "South African businessman and writer (1862-1931)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Percy_Fitzpatrick%2C_gerbera.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1862-07-24"
deathDate: "1931-01-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.03
  momentum:             2.513562386980109
  historical:           5.491578666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Percy_FitzPatrick"
    title: "James Percy FitzPatrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Fitzpatrick"
    title: "Percy Fitzpatrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Percy_FitzPatrick"
    title: "James Percy FitzPatrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Percy_FitzPatrick"
    title: "James Percy FitzPatrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Percy_FitzPatrick"
    title: "James Percy FitzPatrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Percy_FitzPatrick"
    title: "James Percy FitzPatrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5732203"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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