# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laurence-gomme
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:32:58.963Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laurence-gomme"
name: "Laurence Gomme"
slug: "laurence-gomme"
description: "Sir George Laurence Gomme, FSA was a public servant and \nantiquarian. Two of his main interests were folklore and old buildings. He helped found both the Victoria County History and the Folklore Society, and persuaded the London County Council to administer the blue plaque commemorative scheme."
tagline: "British folklorist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Laurence_Gomme.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1853-12-18"
deathDate: "1916-02-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.32
  momentum:             15.73684210526316
  historical:           4.403672
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Gomme"
    title: "Laurence Gomme"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ಜಾರ್ಜ್ ಲಾರೆನ್ಸ್ ಗೊಮ್ಮೆ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%BB%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%86"
    title: "ലോറൻസ് ഗോമ്മെ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Laurence_Gomme"
    title: "George Laurence Gomme"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Gomme"
    title: "Laurence Gomme"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6500618"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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