# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-g-maeser
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:38:45.682Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-g-maeser"
name: "Karl G. Maeser"
slug: "karl-g-maeser"
description: "Karl Gottfried Maeser  was a German secondary school teacher, prominent Utah educator, and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served 16 years as principal of Brigham Young Academy (BYA). Although he was not the first principal of the Academy, he is considered its founder. The Academy later became Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1903."
tagline: "Prominent Utah educator and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1828-1901)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karl_G_Maeser.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "TV Personality"
  slug: "tv-personality"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1828-01-16"
deathDate: "1901-02-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.56
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.286034666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_G._Maeser"
    title: "Karl G. Maeser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%89._%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "كارل جى. مايسير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Gottfried_M%C3%A4ser"
    title: "Karl Gottfried Mäser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Karl_G._Maeser"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_G._Maeser"
    title: "Karl G. Maeser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%B1"
    title: "کارل جی میزر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q100303"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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