# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-furphy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:02:50.712Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-furphy"
name: "Joseph Furphy"
slug: "joseph-furphy"
description: "Joseph Furphy was an Australian author and poet. He mostly wrote under the pseudonym Tom Collins and is best known for his novel Such Is Life (1903), regarded as an Australian classic."
tagline: "Australian writer (1843-1912)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Furphy_(Tom_Collins).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1843-09-26"
deathDate: "1912-09-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.91
  momentum:             0.3125
  historical:           7.277358666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.josephfurphy.com.au"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joseph_Furphy"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%89"
    title: "چوزيف فورفى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Furphy"
    title: "Joseph Furphy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Furphy"
    title: "Joseph Furphy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Furphy"
    title: "Joseph Furphy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Furphy"
    title: "Joseph Furphy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Furphy"
    title: "Joseph Furphy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Furphy"
    title: "Joseph Furphy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Furphy"
    title: "Joseph Furphy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q327500"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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