# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-barclay
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:45:57.875Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-barclay"
name: "Thomas Barclay"
slug: "thomas-barclay"
description: "Thomas Barclay was a missionary of the Presbyterian Church of England to Formosa from 1875 until his death. His ministry in southern Taiwan has been compared to the work done in northern Taiwan by George Leslie Mackay. He founded Tainan Theological College and Seminary in 1876."
tagline: "British missionary (1849–1935)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_Barclay.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1849-11-21"
deathDate: "1935-10-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.05
  momentum:             1.09375
  historical:           3.765805333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ami.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomas_Pakeli"
    title: "Tomas Pakeli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Barclay_(missionary)"
    title: "Thomas Barclay (missionary)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Barclay"
    title: "Thomas Barclay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B9%AF%E7%91%AA%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E5%B7%B4%E5%85%8B%E7%A6%AE"
    title: "湯瑪斯·巴克禮"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3846969"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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