# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-bredon
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:28:34.607Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-bredon"
name: "Simon Bredon"
slug: "simon-bredon"
description: "Simon Bredon was an English astronomer, mathematician, and physician and priest. He was a member of the Merton School, Oxford, elected a Fellow of Merton c. 1330, perhaps until the year 1342, having formerly been a member of Balliol. He was a Doctor of Medicine of the University of Oxford. He left manuscripts and scientific instruments to a number of Oxford colleges, perhaps including the bequest of the Oriel astrolabe, which is now in the Museum of the History of Science."
tagline: "English mathematician and astronomer"
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: "1300"
deathDate: "1372"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           33.22
  momentum:             3.75
  historical:           3.734557333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Bredon"
    title: "Simon Bredon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Bredon"
    title: "Simon Bredon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Bredon"
    title: "Simon Bredon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "சைமன் பிரேதான்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q585089"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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