# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laurence-waddell
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:58:19.191Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laurence-waddell"
name: "Laurence Waddell"
slug: "laurence-waddell"
description: "Lieutenant Colonel Laurence Austine Waddell, CB, CIE, F.L.S., L.L.D, M.Ch., I.M.S. RAI, F.R.A.S was a Scottish explorer, Professor of Tibetan, Professor of Chemistry and Pathology, Indian Army surgeon, collector in Tibet, and amateur archaeologist. Waddell also studied Sumerian and Sanskrit; he made various translations of seals and other inscriptions. His reputation as an Assyriologist gained little to no academic recognition and his books on the history of civilization have caused controversy. Some of his book publications however were popular with the public, and he is regarded by some today to have been a real-life precursor of the fictional character Indiana Jones."
tagline: "British explorer (1854-1938)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laurence_Austine_Waddell.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1854-05-29"
deathDate: "1938-09-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.22
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.416020000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81"
    title: "Уодделл, Лоуренс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "لورنس واديل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Waddell"
    title: "Laurence Waddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Austine_Waddell"
    title: "Laurence Austine Waddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Waddell"
    title: "Laurence Waddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%84"
    title: "لورنس وادل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Waddell"
    title: "Laurence Waddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Waddell"
    title: "Laurence Waddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2605442"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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