# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-g-palfrey
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:46:12.059Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-g-palfrey"
name: "John G. Palfrey"
slug: "john-g-palfrey"
description: "John Gorham Palfrey was an American clergyman and historian who served as a U.S. representative from Massachusetts. A Unitarian minister, he played a leading role in the early history of Harvard Divinity School, and he later became involved in politics as a State Representative and U.S. Congressman."
tagline: "American clergyman, historian and politician (1796-1881)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Gorham_Palfrey.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1796-05-02"
deathDate: "1881-04-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.83
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.474406666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_G._Palfrey"
    title: "John G. Palfrey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%89._%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%89"
    title: "جون جى. پالفرى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AC%DB%8C._%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C"
    title: "جان جی. پالفری"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%84%D1%80%D1%96"
    title: "Джон Горем Палфрі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_G._Palfrey"
    title: "John G. Palfrey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC"
    title: "Палфри, Джон Горем"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q221926"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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