# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-shore
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:09:59.299Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-shore"
name: "John Shore"
slug: "john-shore"
description: "John Shore was an English trumpeter and lutenist. He invented the tuning fork in 1711. Shore came from a family of musicians including the singer Catherine Shore. He was Sergeant Trumpeter to the court. He is credited with demonstrating that the trumpet, which up till then had been a military instrument, could be used in an orchestral role. Shore had parts specifically written for him by both George Frideric Handel and Henry Purcell."
tagline: "British musician"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1662"
deathDate: "1752-11-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.607848000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A8%D0%BE%D1%80"
    title: "Джон Шор"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shore"
    title: "John Shore"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shore_(trumpeter)"
    title: "John Shore (trumpeter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shore"
    title: "John Shore"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A8"
    title: "ג'ון שור"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shore_(muzikant)"
    title: "John Shore (muzikant)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shore"
    title: "John Shore"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%BE%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%87)"
    title: "Шор, Джон (трубач)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1373295"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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