# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-overbury
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:27:05.000Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-overbury"
name: "Thomas Overbury"
slug: "thomas-overbury"
description: "Sir Thomas Overbury was an English poet and essayist, also known for being the victim of a murder which led to a scandalous trial. His poem A Wife, which depicted the virtues that a young man should demand of a woman, played a significant role in the events that precipitated his murder."
tagline: "English poet and essayist (1581–1613)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tho_overbury.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1581-06-18"
deathDate: "1613-09-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.63
  momentum:             10
  historical:           11.12348
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Թոմաս Օվերբերի"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump