# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-dowson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:23:41.619Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-dowson"
name: "John Dowson"
slug: "john-dowson"
description: "John Dowson M.R.A.S.(1820–1881) was a British indologist. A noted scholar of Hinduism, he taught in India for much of his life. His book Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology remains one of the most comprehensive and authoritative works on the topic."
tagline: "19th-century British orientalist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1820"
deathDate: "1881-08-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.88
  momentum:             2.363636363636364
  historical:           4.602448
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%B1%D8%AE_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "جون داوسون (مؤرخ من المملكه المتحده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dowson"
    title: "John Dowson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dowson"
    title: "John Dowson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Доусон, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Dowson"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1699835"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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