# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-porson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:34:28.616Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-porson"
name: "Richard Porson"
slug: "richard-porson"
description: "Richard Porson was an English classical scholar. He was the discoverer of Porson's Law."
tagline: "English classical scholar (1759–1808)"
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gender: "male"
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birthDate: "1759-12-25"
deathDate: "1808-09-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump