# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mary-morris-knibb
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:29:12.753Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mary-morris-knibb"
name: "Mary Morris Knibb"
slug: "mary-morris-knibb"
description: "Mary Morris Knibb, MBE was a Jamaican teacher, social reformer and philanthropist. She founded the Morris Knibb Preparatory School and donated a building which is used as the headquarters of the Moravian Church in Jamaica as well as land for construction of a community center. Morris Knibb was a women's rights activist and the first elected councilwomen in Jamaica. She was the first woman to vie for a seat in the House when Universal Suffrage was granted to all Jamaicans."
tagline: "Jamaican teacher activist and politician"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/31/Detail_of_Jamaican_stamp_on_the_Moravian_church.jpg"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1886-02-28"
deathDate: "1964-09-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.13
  momentum:             2.380952380952381
  historical:           4.801872
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A8"
    title: "ماري موريس نيب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9B_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC"
    title: "মেৰী মৰিছ নিব"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Morris_Knibb"
    title: "Mary Morris Knibb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Morris_Knibb"
    title: "Mary Morris Knibb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Morris_Knibb"
    title: "Mary Morris Knibb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28109719"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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