# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-hardy-neesima
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:28:48.470Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-hardy-neesima"
name: "Joseph Hardy Neesima"
slug: "joseph-hardy-neesima"
description: "Niijima Jō , better known by his English name Joseph Hardy Neesima, was a Japanese Protestant missionary and educator of the Meiji era who founded Doshisha English School."
tagline: "Japanese missionary (1843-1890)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jo_Niijima.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1843-02-12"
deathDate: "1890-01-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.03
  momentum:             1.577503429355281
  historical:           10.240388
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0%E5%B3%B6%E8%A5%84"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cozef_Hardi_Niisima"
    title: "Cozef Hardi Niisima"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niijima_J%C5%8D"
    title: "Niijima Jō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Hardy_Neesima"
    title: "Joseph Hardy Neesima"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Hardy_Neesima"
    title: "Joseph Hardy Neesima"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Hardy_Neesima"
    title: "Joseph Hardy Neesima"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Hardy_Neesima"
    title: "Joseph Hardy Neesima"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0%E5%B3%B6%E8%A5%84"
    title: "新島襄"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%88%EC%A7%80%EB%A7%88_%EC%A1%B0"
    title: "니지마 조"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Hardy_Neesima"
    title: "Joseph Hardy Neesima"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0%E5%B3%B6%E8%A5%84"
    title: "新島襄"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q905142"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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