# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lawrence-of-durham
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:36:49.478Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lawrence-of-durham"
name: "Lawrence of Durham"
slug: "lawrence-of-durham"
description: "Lawrence of Durham was a 12th-century English prelate, Latin poet and hagiographer. Born in southern England, at Waltham in Essex, Lawrence was given a religious education, and excelled at singing and poetry composition. In his youth Lawrence joined Durham Cathedral Priory and became a Benedictine monk. In the 1130s Lawrence became a courtier of Geoffrey Rufus, bishop of Durham."
tagline: "British writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lawrence_of_Durham.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1110"
deathDate: "1154-03-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.29
  momentum:             16.66666666666666
  historical:           4.804536
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%81_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "لاورينس اوف دورام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurentius_von_Durham"
    title: "Laurentius von Durham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_of_Durham"
    title: "Lawrence of Durham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_di_Durham"
    title: "Lorenzo di Durham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurentius_van_Durham"
    title: "Laurentius van Durham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1808208"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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