# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-newbery
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:26:14.704Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-newbery"
name: "John Newbery"
slug: "john-newbery"
description: "John Newbery, considered \"The Father of Children's Literature\", was an English publisher of books who first made children's literature a sustainable and profitable part of the literary market. He also supported and published the works of Christopher Smart, Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson. In recognition of his achievements the Newbery Medal was named after him in 1922."
tagline: "English publisher and bookseller (1713-1767)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/NewberyPocketBook.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1713"
deathDate: "1767-12-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump