# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-north
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:11:04.423Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-north"
name: "Thomas North"
slug: "thomas-north"
description: "Sir Thomas North was an English translator, military officer, lawyer, and justice of the peace. His translation into English of Plutarch's Parallel Lives is notable for being the main source text used by William Shakespeare for his Roman plays. He was the second son of Edward North, the 1st Baron North, and brother to Roger North. He maintained a long literary career, spanning four decades, but likely faced financial difficulties later in life due to receiving little inheritance. It has recently been hypothesised that all of his published translations may have influenced the Shakespearean theatrical canon, and that he may himself have known William Shakespeare."
tagline: "English translator and lawyer (1535–c.1604)"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1523"
deathDate: "1601"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.022608
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Thomas North"
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    title: "Thomas North (traductor)"
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    title: "Thomas North"
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    title: "תומאס נורת'"
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    title: "Норт, Томас"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump