# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martin-folkes
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:00:07.170Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martin-folkes"
name: "Martin Folkes"
slug: "martin-folkes"
description: "Martin Folkes was an English antiquary, numismatist, mathematician and astronomer who served as the president of the Royal Society from 1741 to 1752."
tagline: "British mathematician and astronomer (1690-1754)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Martin_Folkes_by_William_Hogarth_(1741).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Academic"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1690-10-29"
deathDate: "1754-06-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Martin Folkes"
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    title: "Martin Folkes"
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    title: "Martin Folkes"
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    title: "Martin Folkes"
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    title: "Martin Folkes"
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    title: "Фолкс, Мартин"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Folkes"
    title: "Martin Folkes"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump