# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maurice-bowra
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:30:41.980Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maurice-bowra"
name: "Maurice Bowra"
slug: "maurice-bowra"
description: "Sir Cecil Maurice Bowra was an English classical scholar, literary critic and academic, known for his wit. He was Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, from 1938 to 1970, and served as vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1951 to 1954."
tagline: "English classical scholar, literary critic and academic (1898–1971)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1898-04-08"
deathDate: "1971-07-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump