# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-colenso
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:50:38.143Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-colenso"
name: "John Colenso"
slug: "john-colenso"
description: "John William Colenso was a British cleric and mathematician, defender of the Zulu people, and biblical scholar, who served as the first Bishop of Natal. He was a scholar of the Zulu language. In his role as an Anglican theologian, Colenso is now remembered for views of the Bible that set off intense controversy."
tagline: "British bishop and mathematician (1814-1883)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Colenso01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1814-01-24"
deathDate: "1883-06-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.48
  momentum:             15.22139636466112
  historical:           10.09568266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "John William Colenso"
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    title: "جون كولينسو"
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    title: "John Colenso"
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    title: "John William Colenso"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Colenso"
    title: "John Colenso"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Colenso"
    title: "John William Colenso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Colenso"
    title: "John William Colenso"
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    title: "Коленсо, Джон Уильям"
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    title: "John Colenso"
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    title: "John William Colenso"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump