# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-beal
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:27:54.665Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samuel-beal"
name: "Samuel Beal"
slug: "samuel-beal"
description: "Samuel Beal was an Oriental scholar, and the first Englishman to translate directly from the Chinese the early records of Buddhism, thus illuminating Indian history."
tagline: "British oriental scholar (1825–1889)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1825-11-27"
deathDate: "1889-08-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.51
  momentum:             6.923076923076924
  historical:           6.340353333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AF%95%E5%B0%94"
    title: "毕尔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "سامويل بيال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Beal"
    title: "Samuel Beal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Beal"
    title: "Samuel Beal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Beal"
    title: "Samuel Beal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Beal"
    title: "Samuel Beal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Beal"
    title: "Samuel Beal"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5567756"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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