# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-prestwich
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:24:12.810Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-prestwich"
name: "Joseph Prestwich"
slug: "joseph-prestwich"
description: "Sir Joseph Prestwich was a British geologist and businessman, known as an expert on the Tertiary Period and for having confirmed the findings of Boucher de Perthes of ancient flint tools in the Somme valley gravel beds."
tagline: "British geologist and businessman (1812-1896)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PSM_V52_D158_Joseph_Prestwich.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1812-03-12"
deathDate: "1896-06-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.074010666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "约瑟夫·普雷斯特维奇"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joseph Prestwich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Prestwich"
    title: "Joseph Prestwich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Prestwich"
    title: "Joseph Prestwich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Prestwich"
    title: "Joseph Prestwich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Prestwich"
    title: "Joseph Prestwich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ジョゼフ・プレストウィッチ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Prestwich"
    title: "Joseph Prestwich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84"
    title: "Прествич, Джозеф"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump