# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-m-scriven
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:59:40.662Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-m-scriven"
name: "Joseph M. Scriven"
slug: "joseph-m-scriven"
description: "Joseph Medlicott Scriven was an Irish-born Canadian poet, best known as the writer of the poem which became the hymn \"What a Friend We Have in Jesus\"."
tagline: "Irish philanthropist (1819–1886)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1819-09-10"
deathDate: "1886-08-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.46
  momentum:             0.588235294117647
  historical:           9.061776
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3772784/"
    handle:    "nm3772784"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e211e784-7367-463c-ba1d-c42c7ee7c9ef"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "چوزيف ام. سكريڤين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_M._Scriven"
    title: "Joseph M. Scriven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_M._Scriven"
    title: "Joseph M. Scriven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_M._Scriven"
    title: "Joseph M. Scriven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Scriven"
    title: "Joseph Scriven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_M._Scriven"
    title: "Joseph M. Scriven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_M._Scriven"
    title: "Joseph M. Scriven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Medlicott_Scriven"
    title: "Joseph Medlicott Scriven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Scriven"
    title: "Joseph Scriven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B4%84%E7%91%9F%E5%A4%AB%C2%B7%E5%8F%B2%E5%85%8B%E4%BE%86%E8%8A%AC"
    title: "約瑟夫·史克來芬"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q705227"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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