# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-kirk
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:52:09.252Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-kirk"
name: "John Kirk"
slug: "john-kirk"
description: "Sir John Kirk was a British physician, naturalist, companion to explorer David Livingstone, and a British administrator in Zanzibar, East Africa, where he was instrumental in ending the slave trade in that country."
tagline: "Scottish physician, naturalist, companion to David Livingstone and administrator in Zanzibar (1832-1922)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JohnKirk1908.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1832-12-19"
deathDate: "1922-01-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.54
  momentum:             10
  historical:           11.35795733333334
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA"
    title: "Джон Керк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83_(%D8%AF%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%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_%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85%D9%89_%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7)"
    title: "جون كيرك (دكتور من المملكه المتحده لبريطانيا العظمى و ايرلاندا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kirk"
    title: "John Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kirk_(explorer)"
    title: "John Kirk (explorer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kirk"
    title: "John Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kirk"
    title: "John Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kirk"
    title: "John Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kirk"
    title: "John Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kirk_(ontdekkingsreiziger)"
    title: "John Kirk (ontdekkingsreiziger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kirk"
    title: "John Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C)"
    title: "Керк, Джон (исследователь)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kirk"
    title: "John Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kirk"
    title: "John Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1700717"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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