# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-shuker
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:25:38.953Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-shuker"
name: "Karl Shuker"
slug: "karl-shuker"
description: "Karl Shuker is a British zoologist, cryptozoologist and author. He lives in the Midlands, England, where he works as a zoological consultant and writer. A columnist in Fortean Times and contributor to various magazines, Shuker is also the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Cryptozoology, which began in November 2012."
tagline: "British zoologist"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1959-12-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.02061855670103
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump