# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sir-josiah-child-1st-baronet
# Generated: 2026-08-16T10:01:57.264Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sir-josiah-child-1st-baronet"
name: "Sir Josiah Child, 1st Baronet"
slug: "sir-josiah-child-1st-baronet"
description: "Sir Josiah Child, 1st Baronet, was an English economist, merchant and politician. He was an economist proponent of mercantilism and governor of the East India Company. He led the company in the Anglo-Mughal War."
tagline: "English merchant and politician (1630-1699)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir_Josiah_Child%2C_Bt_by_John_Riley.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1630"
deathDate: "1699-06-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.08
  momentum:             0.4155844155844155
  historical:           10.70997466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "سير چوسياه كيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Josiah Child"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Josiah Child"
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    title: "Josiah Child"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump