# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-watson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:01:12.618Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-watson"
name: "Richard Watson"
slug: "richard-watson"
description: "Richard Watson (1737–1816) was an Anglican bishop and academic, who served as the Bishop of Llandaff from 1782 to 1816. He wrote some notable political pamphlets. In theology, he belonged to an influential group of followers of Edmund Law that included also John Hey and William Paley."
tagline: "Welsh Anglican bishop and academic"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Richard_Watson%2C_D.D._Lord_Bishop_of_Landaff_(4672127).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1737"
deathDate: "1816-07-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.66
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.671778666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Watson_(bishop_of_Llandaff)"
    title: "Richard Watson (bishop of Llandaff)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Watson"
    title: "Richard Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Watson_(Bischof%2C_1737)"
    title: "Richard Watson (Bischof, 1737)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Watson_(uskup_Llandaff)"
    title: "Richard Watson (uskup Llandaff)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%82%D9%81_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%81)"
    title: "ریچارد واتسون (اسقف لانداف)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Watson"
    title: "Richard Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7329838"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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