# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/theophilus-shepstone
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:06:56.292Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/theophilus-shepstone"
name: "Theophilus Shepstone"
slug: "theophilus-shepstone"
description: "Sir Theophilus Shepstone was a British South African statesman who was responsible for the annexation of the Transvaal to Britain in 1877."
tagline: "British South African statesman (1817-1893)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Theophilus_Shepstone00.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1817-01-08"
deathDate: "1893-06-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.01592356687898089
  historical:           8.955977333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Теофіл Шепстоун"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Theophilus Shepstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophilus_Shepstone"
    title: "Theophilus Shepstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophilus_Shepstone"
    title: "Theophilus Shepstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophilus_Shepstone"
    title: "Theophilus Shepstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophilus_Shepstone"
    title: "Theophilus Shepstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophilus_Shepstone"
    title: "Theophilus Shepstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophilus_Shepstone"
    title: "Theophilus Shepstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophilus_Shepstone"
    title: "Theophilus Shepstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophilus_Shepstone"
    title: "Theophilus Shepstone"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3120160"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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