# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-de-merton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:01:36.583Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-de-merton"
name: "Walter de Merton"
slug: "walter-de-merton"
description: "Walter de Merton was Lord Chancellor of England, Archdeacon of Bath, founder of Merton College, Oxford, and Bishop of Rochester. For the first two years of the reign of Edward I he was – in all but name – Regent of England during the King's absence abroad. He died in 1277 after falling from his horse, and is buried in Rochester Cathedral."
tagline: "Bishop of Rochester; Lord Chancellor of England; Founder of Merton College at Oxford University"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter_De_Merton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1205"
deathDate: "1277-10-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.81512
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "والتر دى ميرتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_of_Merton"
    title: "Walter of Merton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_de_Merton"
    title: "Walter de Merton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_de_Merton"
    title: "Walter de Merton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Уолтер де Мертон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7966515"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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