# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-ritson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:34:53.633Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-ritson"
name: "Joseph Ritson"
slug: "joseph-ritson"
description: "Joseph Ritson was an English antiquary known for editing the first scholarly collection of Robin Hood ballads (1795). After a visit to France in 1791, he became a staunch supporter of the ideals of the French Revolution. He was also an influential vegetarianism activist. Ritson is also known for his collections of English nursery rhymes, such as \"Roses Are Red\" and \"Little Bo-Peep\", in Gammer Gurton's Garland or The Nursery Parnassus, published in London by Joseph Johnson."
tagline: "English antiquarian and writer (1752–1803)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Ritson_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1752-10-02"
deathDate: "1803-09-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.86
  momentum:             2.852409638554217
  historical:           5.279338666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Joseph Ritson"
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    title: "Джоузеф Ритсън"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joseph Ritson"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump