# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-bacon-q918565
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:27:03.565Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-bacon-q918565"
name: "John Bacon"
slug: "john-bacon-q918565"
description: "John Bacon was a British sculptor who worked in the late 18th century. Bacon has been reckoned the founder of the British School of sculpture. He won numerous awards, held the esteem of George III, and examples of his works adorn St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey in London, Christ Church, Oxford, Pembroke College, Oxford, Bath Abbey and Bristol Cathedral."
tagline: "English sculptor, born 1740 (1740–1799)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pastel_portrait_of_John_Bacon_RA_(1740-1799)%2C_by_John_Russell_RA_(1745-1806).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1740-11-24"
deathDate: "1799-08-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.92
  momentum:             1.974110032362459
  historical:           11.54665333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Джон Бакон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Bacon"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bacon_der_%C3%84ltere"
    title: "John Bacon der Ältere"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Τζον Μπέικον"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bacon_(sculptor%2C_born_1740)"
    title: "John Bacon (sculptor, born 1740)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bacon"
    title: "John Bacon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bacon"
    title: "John Bacon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bacon"
    title: "John Bacon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bacon"
    title: "John Bacon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Бэкон, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bacon"
    title: "John Bacon"
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  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bacon"
    title: "John Bacon"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q918565"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump