# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-burton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:29:31.722Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-burton"
name: "Robert Burton"
slug: "robert-burton"
description: "Robert Burton was an English author and fellow of Oxford University, known for his encyclopaedic The Anatomy of Melancholy."
tagline: "English scholar (1577–1640)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Burton_by_Gilbert_Jackson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1577-02-08"
deathDate: "1640-01-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump