# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-hale
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:13:10.720Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-hale"
name: "John Hale"
slug: "john-hale"
description: "John Hale was the Puritan pastor of Beverly, Massachusetts, and took part in the Salem witch trials in 1692. He was one of the most prominent and influential ministers associated with the witch trials, being noted as having initially supported the trials and then changing his mind and publishing a critique of them."
tagline: "Puritan pastor of Beverly, Massachusetts, during the Salem witch trials"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ModestEnquiry.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1636-06-03"
deathDate: "1700-05-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.44
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.573293333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B4%84%E7%BF%B0%C2%B7%E9%BB%91%E7%88%BE"
    title: "約翰·黑爾"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_(%D9%82%D8%B3)"
    title: "جون ويليام (قس)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hale_(minister)"
    title: "John Hale (minister)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hale"
    title: "John Hale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hale_(ministre_du_culte)"
    title: "John Hale (ministre du culte)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannes_Hale"
    title: "Ioannes Hale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hale"
    title: "John Hale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3181675"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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