# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mary-jane-bennett
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:59:53.259Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mary-jane-bennett"
name: "Mary Jane Bennett"
slug: "mary-jane-bennett"
description: "Mary Jane Bennett was the first official lighthouse keeper in New Zealand, and the only woman to ever hold the role."
tagline: "New Zealand's first women lighthouse keeper"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Upper_lighthouse_at_Pencarrow_Head.jpg/330px-Upper_lighthouse_at_Pencarrow_Head.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
birthDate: "1816"
deathDate: "1885-07-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.91
  momentum:             7.5
  historical:           5.669402666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Bennett_(lighthouse_keeper)"
    title: "Mary Bennett (lighthouse keeper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "ماري جين بينيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jane_Bennett"
    title: "Mary Jane Bennett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jane_Bennett"
    title: "Mary Jane Bennett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Bennett_(gardienne_de_phare)"
    title: "Mary Bennett (gardienne de phare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jane_Bennett"
    title: "Mary Jane Bennett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6779869"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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