# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-j-dryer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:44:59.875Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-j-dryer"
name: "Thomas J. Dryer"
slug: "thomas-j-dryer"
description: "Thomas Jefferson Dryer was a newspaper publisher and politician in the Western United States. A member of the Oregon Territorial Legislature in 1857, Dryer is best remembered as the founder of The Oregonian, an influential and enduring newspaper in the American state of Oregon."
tagline: "American politician (1808-1879)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_J._Dryer%2C_circa_1868_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1808-01-10"
deathDate: "1879-03-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.58
  momentum:             6.569096538136785
  historical:           6.346257333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Dryer"
    title: "Thomas Jefferson Dryer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%87._%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "توماس جيه. درير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%AC%DB%8C._%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B1"
    title: "توماس جی. دریر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Dryer"
    title: "Thomas J. Dryer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Dryer"
    title: "Thomas Jefferson Dryer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Dryer"
    title: "Thomas Jefferson Dryer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Dryer"
    title: "Thomas J. Dryer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q422275"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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