# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-baskerville
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:44:44.870Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-baskerville"
name: "John Baskerville"
slug: "john-baskerville"
description: "John Baskerville was an English businessman, in areas including japanning and papier-mâché, but he is best remembered as a printer and type designer. He was also responsible for inventing \"wove paper\", which was considerably smoother than \"laid paper\", allowing for sharper printing results."
tagline: "British printer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Baskerville_(1706%E2%80%931775)_by_James_Millar.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1706-01-28"
deathDate: "1775-01-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           19.11645466666667
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump