# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-wright-q329817
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:59:40.741Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-wright-q329817"
name: "Joseph Wright"
slug: "joseph-wright-q329817"
description: "Joseph Wright FBA \nwas an English Germanic philologist who rose from humble origins to become Professor of Comparative Philology at the University of Oxford."
tagline: "British linguist (1855–1930)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JosephWright.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1855-10-31"
deathDate: "1930-02-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.581433119994855
  historical:           9.64176
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "約瑟夫·萊特 (語言學家)"
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    title: "جوزيف رايت (لغوي)"
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    title: "Joseph Wright (filolog)"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Wright_(Philologe)"
    title: "Joseph Wright (Philologe)"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Wright_(linguist)"
    title: "Joseph Wright (linguist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Wright_(ling%C3%BCista)"
    title: "Joseph Wright (lingüista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Wright_(linguiste)"
    title: "Joseph Wright (linguiste)"
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    title: "𐌹𐍉𐍃𐌴𐍆 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌾𐍄 (𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃)"
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    title: "Joseph Wright (filolog)"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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