# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-whitaker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:28:07.590Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-whitaker"
name: "Joseph Whitaker"
slug: "joseph-whitaker"
description: "Joseph Isaac Spadafora Whitaker was an Italian-English ornithologist, archaeologist and sportsman. He was a member of the Whitaker family. He is mainly known for his work on the birds of Tunisia, and for being involved in the foundation of the Sicilian football club Palermo Sport Club. He was married to the author and hostess Tina Scalia Whitaker."
tagline: "British ornithologist and archaeologist (1850-1936)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Whitaker.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1850-03-19"
deathDate: "1936-11-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.26
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.025236
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Isaac_Spadafora_Whitaker"
    title: "Joseph Isaac Spadafora Whitaker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "چوزيف وايتاكير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Whitaker_(ornit%C3%B2leg)"
    title: "Joseph Whitaker (ornitòleg)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Whitaker"
    title: "Joseph Whitaker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Whitaker_(ornithologist)"
    title: "Joseph Whitaker (ornithologist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Whitaker"
    title: "Joseph Whitaker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Isaac_Spadafora_Whitaker"
    title: "Joseph Isaac Spadafora Whitaker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_(%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3)"
    title: "Уитакер, Джозеф (орнитолог)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q549076"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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