# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vasilios-markesinis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:11:26.770Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vasilios-markesinis"
name: "Vasilios Markesinis"
slug: "vasilios-markesinis"
description: "Sir Basil Markesinis, KC, FBA was a Greek-British barrister and legal scholar, who was Jamail Regents Professor at the University of Texas, Austin. He was previously Professor of Common and Civil Law at University College London."
tagline: "Greek university professor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Basil_Markesinis.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1944-07-10"
deathDate: "2023-04-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.738157333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "باسيل سپيريدونوس ماركيسينيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BA%CE%B5%CE%B6%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82"
    title: "Βασίλειος Μαρκεζίνης"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Markesinis"
    title: "Basil Markesinis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "باسیل مارکزینیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4867216"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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