# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-davey
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:47:33.075Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-davey"
name: "John Davey"
slug: "john-davey"
description: "John Davey or Davy (1812–1891) was a Cornish farmer who was one of the last people with some traditional knowledge of the Cornish language. According to Henry Jenner, the level of his ability in the language is unclear, but was probably restricted to a few words and phrases. A song attributed to Davey's memory, the \"Cranken Rhyme\", is not known from any earlier source and is notable as possibly one of the last survivals of Cornish literary tradition."
tagline: "Cornish farmer, one of the last Cornish speakers (1812–1891)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Zennor_-_John_Davey.jpg/330px-Zennor_-_John_Davey.jpg"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1812"
deathDate: "1891"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.406336
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Davey_(parlant_c%C3%B2rnic)"
    title: "John Davey (parlant còrnic)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Davey_(Cornish_speaker)"
    title: "John Davey (Cornish speaker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Davey"
    title: "John Davey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Davey"
    title: "John Davey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B2%D1%96_(%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%97_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8)"
    title: "Джон Дейві (носій корнуоллської мови)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3328341"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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