# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rowland-hill
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:37:22.965Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rowland-hill"
name: "Rowland Hill"
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description: "Sir Rowland Hill, KCB, FRS was an English teacher, inventor and social reformer. He campaigned for a comprehensive reform of the postal system, based on the concept of Uniform Penny Post and his solution of pre-payment, facilitating the safe, speedy and cheap transfer of letters. Hill later served as a government postal official, and he is usually credited with originating the basic concepts of the modern postal service, including the invention of the postage stamp."
tagline: "English educational, social and postal reformer (1795-1879)"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1795-12-03"
deathDate: "1879-08-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump