# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/randolph-quirk
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:07:06.087Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/randolph-quirk"
name: "Randolph Quirk"
slug: "randolph-quirk"
description: "Charles Randolph Quirk, Baron Quirk was a British linguist and politician. He was the Quain Professor of English language and literature at University College London from 1968 to 1981. He sat as a crossbencher in the House of Lords."
tagline: "British linguist (1920-2017)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1e/Lord_Quirk_2016.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1920-07-12"
deathDate: "2017-12-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.09
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.746329333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Randolph Quirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "راندولف كويرك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph_Quirk%2C_Baron_Quirk"
    title: "Randolph Quirk, Baron Quirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph_Quirk"
    title: "Randolph Quirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Randolph_Quirk"
    title: "Charles Randolph Quirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph_Quirk"
    title: "Randolph Quirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph_Quirk"
    title: "Randolph Quirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph_Quirk"
    title: "Randolph Quirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF"
    title: "ランドルフ・クワーク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph_Quirk"
    title: "Randolph Quirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q337043"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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