# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-woodward
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:51:23.966Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-woodward"
name: "John Woodward"
slug: "john-woodward"
description: "John Woodward was an English naturalist, antiquarian and geologist, and founder by bequest of the Woodwardian Professorship of Geology at the University of Cambridge. Though a leading supporter of observation and experiment, few of his theories have survived."
tagline: "English naturalist, antiquarian and geologist (1665-1728)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Woodward.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1665-05-01"
deathDate: "1728-04-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.76
  momentum:             0.7672475106685632
  historical:           8.078006666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%92%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Джон Вудворд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Woodward"
    title: "John Woodward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Woodward_(Naturforscher)"
    title: "John Woodward (Naturforscher)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Woodward_(naturalist)"
    title: "John Woodward (naturalist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Woodward"
    title: "John Woodward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Woodward"
    title: "John Woodward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Woodward"
    title: "John Woodward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Woodward_(naturalista)"
    title: "John Woodward (naturalista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Woodward"
    title: "John Woodward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q706904"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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