# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-wilkinson-taylor
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:40:06.899Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-wilkinson-taylor"
name: "John Wilkinson Taylor"
slug: "john-wilkinson-taylor"
description: "John Wilkinson Taylor was an American educator. He was President of the University of Louisville from 1947 to 1950. He served as the acting director general of UNESCO between 1952 and 1953, following the resignation of Jaime Torres Bodet. He died on 11 December 2001 at the age of 95."
tagline: "UNESCO director-general (1906-2001)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Captura_de_Pantalla_2022-06-03_a_las_23.24.45.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Educators"
  slug: "educators"
profileType:
  name: "Educator"
  slug: "educator"
birthDate: "1906-09-02"
deathDate: "2001-12-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "John Wilkinson Taylor"
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    title: "John Wilkinson Taylor"
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    title: "John Wilkinson Taylor"
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    title: "John Wilkinson Taylor"
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    title: "John Wilkinson Taylor"
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    title: "John Wilkinson Taylor"
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  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilkinson_Taylor"
    title: "John Wilkinson Taylor"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1491001"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump