# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-major
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:53:31.789Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-major"
name: "Thomas Major"
slug: "thomas-major"
description: "Thomas Major was an English engraver. His early career was in Paris. In England, he became engraver to Frederick, Prince of Wales. He was the first engraver recognized by the Royal Academy of Arts, and was chief seal engraver to the king."
tagline: "British etcher, copperplate and seal engraver and illustrator (1720–1799)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WP_Thomas_Major.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1720"
deathDate: "1799-12-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.135457333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Major"
    title: "Thomas Major"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Major"
    title: "Thomas Major"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Major"
    title: "Thomas Major"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Major"
    title: "Thomas Major"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18672616"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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