# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-wansbrough
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:17:59.011Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-wansbrough"
name: "John Wansbrough"
slug: "john-wansbrough"
description: "John Edward Wansbrough was an American historian of Islamic origins and Quranic studies and professor who taught at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), where he was vice chancellor from 1985 to 1992."
tagline: "American historian (1928-2002)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1928-02-19"
deathDate: "2002-06-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.5374823196605375
  historical:           9.426820000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "جون وانسبرو"
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    title: "جون فانسبرو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Wansbrough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wansbrough"
    title: "John Wansbrough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wansbrough"
    title: "John Wansbrough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wansbrough"
    title: "John Wansbrough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wansbrough"
    title: "John Wansbrough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wansbrough"
    title: "John Wansbrough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wansbrough"
    title: "John Wansbrough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wansbrough"
    title: "John Wansbrough"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q347501"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump