# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-biscoe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:38:57.628Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-biscoe"
name: "John Biscoe"
slug: "john-biscoe"
description: "John Biscoe was an English mariner and explorer who commanded the first expedition known to have sighted the areas named Enderby Land and Graham Land along the coast of Antarctica. The expedition also found a number of islands in the vicinity of Graham Land, including the Biscoe Islands that were named after him."
tagline: "English mariner and explorer (1794–1843)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1794-06-28"
deathDate: "1843"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.88
  momentum:             0.205761316872428
  historical:           16.808928
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "John Biscoe"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Biscoe"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump