# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-payne-knight
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:54:03.383Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-payne-knight"
name: "Richard Payne Knight"
slug: "richard-payne-knight"
description: "Richard Payne Knight of Downton Castle in Herefordshire, and of 5 Soho Square, London, England, was a classical scholar, connoisseur, archaeologist and numismatist best known for his theories of picturesque beauty and for his interest in ancient phallic imagery. He served as a Member of Parliament for Leominster in Herefordshire (1780–84) and for Ludlow in Shropshire(1784–1806)."
tagline: "English classical scholar and connoisseur (1750-1824)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Payne_Knight_by_Thomas_Lawrence.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1750-02-15"
deathDate: "1824-04-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.353385333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "ريتشارد پاين كنيجت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richard Payne Knight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Payne_Knight"
    title: "Richard Payne Knight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Payne_Knight"
    title: "Richard Payne Knight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Payne_Knight"
    title: "Richard Payne Knight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%9F%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%BD"
    title: "Найт, Ричард Пэйн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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