# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lewis-theobald
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:46:53.386Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lewis-theobald"
name: "Lewis Theobald"
slug: "lewis-theobald"
description: "Lewis Theobald, English textual editor and author, was a landmark figure both in the history of Shakespearean editing and in literary satire. He was vital for the establishment of fair texts for Shakespeare, and he was the first avatar of Dulness in Alexander Pope's The Dunciad."
tagline: "English editor and author"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Hogarth_-_Lewis_Theobald%2C_Detail_of_the_Poet_-_B1994.4.1140_-_Yale_Center_for_British_Art.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1688-04-02"
deathDate: "1744-09-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.92
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.208604
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lewis_Theobald"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "ليويس ثيوبالد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Theobald"
    title: "Lewis Theobald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Theobald"
    title: "Lewis Theobald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Theobald"
    title: "Lewis Theobald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Theobald"
    title: "Lewis Theobald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A1_%D7%AA%D7%90%D7%95%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%93"
    title: "לואיס תאובלד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Theobald"
    title: "Lewis Theobald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1822165"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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