# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-curwen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:38:59.787Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-curwen"
name: "John Curwen"
slug: "john-curwen"
description: "John Curwen was an English Congregationalist minister and diffuser of the tonic sol-fa system of music education created by Sarah Ann Glover. He was educated at Wymondley College in Hertfordshire, then Coward College as that institution became known when it moved to London, and finally University College London."
tagline: "British minister, publisher and inventor of Tonic sol-fa singing method (1816-1880)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Curwen_by_William_Gush.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1816-11-14"
deathDate: "1880-05-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.213176000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "John Curwen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Curwen"
    title: "John Curwen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Curwen"
    title: "John Curwen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Curwen"
    title: "John Curwen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Curwen"
    title: "John Curwen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Curwen"
    title: "John Curwen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Curwen"
    title: "John Curwen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Curwen"
    title: "John Curwen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1699712"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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