# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-collinson-nesfield
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:44:02.027Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-collinson-nesfield"
name: "John Collinson Nesfield"
slug: "john-collinson-nesfield"
description: "John Collinson Nesfield served in various roles as an educator in British India and was for some time curate of St Michael's Church, Highgate, London. He wrote numerous books, of which his works on grammar were particularly influential."
tagline: "English educationist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Collinson_Nesfield.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Educators"
  slug: "educators"
profileType:
  name: "Educator"
  slug: "educator"
birthDate: "1836-08-14"
deathDate: "1919-06-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.5
  momentum:             1.566265060240964
  historical:           3.940245333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1"
    title: "জন নেসফিল্ড"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nesfield"
    title: "John Nesfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "جان نسفیلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nesfield"
    title: "John Nesfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20764124"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump