# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-mcray
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:41:25.115Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-mcray"
name: "John McRay"
slug: "john-mcray"
description: "John Robert McRay was an archaeologist, and professor emeritus of New Testament at Wheaton College (Illinois). He directed archaeological excavations in Israel, and \"his articles have appeared in [several] encyclopedias and dictionaires\". He \"has lectured widely on archaeology and the Bible at various colleges, universities, professional meetings and churches in the United States\"."
tagline: "American archaeologist and New Testament scholar (1931-2018)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1931-12-17"
deathDate: "2018-08-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.871058666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "John McRay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون ماكراى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John McRay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McRay"
    title: "John McRay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John McRay"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McRay"
    title: "John McRay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McRay"
    title: "John McRay"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McRay"
    title: "John McRay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McRay"
    title: "John McRay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75228011"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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