# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-wisker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:22:27.611Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-wisker"
name: "John Wisker"
slug: "john-wisker"
description: "John Wisker was an English chess player and journalist. By 1870, he was one of the world's ten best chess players, and the second-best English-born player, behind only Joseph Henry Blackburne."
tagline: "English chess player (1846-1884)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Wisker.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1846-05-30"
deathDate: "1884-01-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.85
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.00162
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Уискер, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "جون ويسكير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wisker"
    title: "John Wisker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wisker"
    title: "John Wisker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wisker"
    title: "John Wisker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%A8"
    title: "ג'ון ויסקר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wisker"
    title: "John Wisker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%BEons_Viskers"
    title: "Džons Viskers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1993502"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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