# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-f-richards
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:23:28.449Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-f-richards"
name: "John F. Richards"
slug: "john-f-richards"
description: "John F. Richards was a historian of South Asia and in particular of the Mughal Empire. He was professor of history at Duke University in North Carolina, and a recipient in 2007 of the Distinguished Contributions to Asian Studies Award. He participated in and encouraged a multi-disciplinary, multi-regional approach to studies."
tagline: "American historian (1938-2007)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1938-11-03"
deathDate: "2007-08-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.55
  momentum:             7.105263157894737
  historical:           6.140641333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "جون إف. ريتشاردز"
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    title: "جون اف. ريتشاردز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Richards"
    title: "John F. Richards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Richards"
    title: "John F. Richards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA)"
    title: "Ричардс, Джон (историк)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Richards"
    title: "John F. Richards"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19895852"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump