# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/macvey-napier
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:52:48.221Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/macvey-napier"
name: "Macvey Napier"
slug: "macvey-napier"
description: "Macvey Napier was a Scottish solicitor, legal scholar, and an editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica. He was Professor of Conveyancing at the University of Edinburgh."
tagline: "British legal scholar (1776–1847)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Macvey_Napier_by_J_P_Slater.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1776-04-11"
deathDate: "1847-02-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.15
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.802592
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%81%D9%89_%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ماكفى نابير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macvey_Napier"
    title: "Macvey Napier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macvey_Napier"
    title: "Macvey Napier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macvey_Napier"
    title: "Macvey Napier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D1%8D%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%80%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B2%D1%8D%D0%B9"
    title: "Нэпир, Маквэй"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6725854"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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