# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jerningham-wakefield
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:36:24.508Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jerningham-wakefield"
name: "Jerningham Wakefield"
slug: "jerningham-wakefield"
description: "Edward Jerningham Wakefield, known as Jerningham Wakefield, was the only son of Edward Gibbon Wakefield. As such, he was closely associated with his father's interest in colonisation. He worked for the New Zealand Company and later was a member of the Canterbury Association. He was active as a politician in New Zealand, both at national and provincial level, but became an alcoholic and died penniless in an old people's home."
tagline: "New Zealand politician (1820-1879)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_Jerningham_Wakefield%2C_ca_1850.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1820-06-25"
deathDate: "1879-03-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.02
  momentum:             2.582153690596562
  historical:           3.940281333333333
  currentAttention:     11.62790697674419
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "جيرنجهام ويكفيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Jerningham_Wakefield"
    title: "Edward Jerningham Wakefield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerningham_Wakefield"
    title: "Jerningham Wakefield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Jerningham_Wakefield"
    title: "Edward Jerningham Wakefield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1292684"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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