# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matthew-le-geyt
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:13:52.069Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matthew-le-geyt"
name: "Matthew Le Geyt"
slug: "matthew-le-geyt"
description: "Matthew Le Geyt was the first poet to publish in Jèrriais following the introduction of printing. The earliest dated piece of his writing comes from 1795. He was from St Helier but he must have lived in Trinity as well where he was a Vingtenier."
tagline: "Poet"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1777"
deathDate: "1849"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           33.49
  momentum:             12
  historical:           5.067530666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Le_Geyt"
    title: "Matthew Le Geyt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Le_Geyt"
    title: "Matthew Le Geyt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Le_Geyt"
    title: "Matthew Le Geyt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Le_Geyt"
    title: "Matthew Le Geyt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Le_Geyt"
    title: "Matthew Le Geyt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Le_Geyt"
    title: "Matthew Le Geyt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3299755"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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