# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-d-ray
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:16:02.252Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-d-ray"
name: "John D. Ray"
slug: "john-d-ray"
description: "John David Ray is a British Egyptologist and academic. He is the former Sir Herbert Thompson Professor of Egyptology at the University of Cambridge. His principal field of interest covers the Late and Hellenistic periods of Egypt, with special reference to documents in the demotic script, and he is also known for deciphering the Carian script, a writing system used by Anatolian mercenaries who fought for the late-period Egyptians."
tagline: "British egyptologist"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1945-12-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Рэй, Джон (лингвист)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump