# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-kersey-the-elder
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:40:32.088Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-kersey-the-elder"
name: "John Kersey the elder"
slug: "john-kersey-the-elder"
description: "John Kersey the elder (1616–1677) was an English mathematician, as well as a textbook writer."
tagline: "English mathematician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Kersey.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1616"
deathDate: "1677"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           31.59
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.601188
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kersey"
    title: "John Kersey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kersey_the_elder"
    title: "John Kersey the elder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kersey"
    title: "John Kersey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%B8%D5%B6_%D5%94%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%BD%D5%AB"
    title: "Ջոն Քերսի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Керси, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3181865"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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