# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-elyot
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:08:17.543Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-elyot"
name: "Thomas Elyot"
slug: "thomas-elyot"
description: "Sir Thomas Elyot was an English diplomat and scholar. He is best known as one of the first proponents of the use of the English language for literary purposes."
tagline: "English politician and writer (1490-1546)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Holbein_Sir_Thomas_Elyot.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1490"
deathDate: "1546-03-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.77
  momentum:             0.8823529411764707
  historical:           10.28664666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "توماس اليوت (مؤلف)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Thomas Elyot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Elyot"
    title: "Thomas Elyot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Elyot"
    title: "Thomas Elyot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "توماس الیوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Elyot"
    title: "Thomas Elyot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Elyot"
    title: "Thomas Elyot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Elyot"
    title: "Thomas Elyot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Elyot"
    title: "Thomas Elyot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Elyot"
    title: "Thomas Elyot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%89%98%E9%A9%AC%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E5%9F%83%E5%88%A9%E5%A5%A5%E7%89%B9"
    title: "托马斯·埃利奥特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504016"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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