# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-burgon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:45:07.756Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-burgon"
name: "John Burgon"
slug: "john-burgon"
description: "John William Burgon was an English Anglican divine who became the Dean of Chichester Cathedral in 1876. He was known during his lifetime for his poetry and his defense of the historicity and Mosaic authorship of Genesis. Long after his death he was remembered chiefly for his defense of the Byzantine text-type and continued ecclesiastical use of the traditional Received Text."
tagline: "English Anglican divine (1813-1888)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Burgon.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1813-08-21"
deathDate: "1888-08-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.213464
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "جون وليام برغن"
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    title: "John Burgon"
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  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Burgon"
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    title: "John William Burgon"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump