{"ok":true,"data":{"id":"DGP-R6HTGVTX19EW","type":"person","kind":"public_figure","name":"Joseph Merrick","slug":"joseph-merrick","aliases":["John Merrick","Elephant Man","Joseph Carey Merrick"],"photo":{"url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Merrick_carte_de_visite_photo,_c._1889.jpg?width=360","credit":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Merrick_carte_de_visite_photo,_c._1889.jpg"},"headline":"British man with severe deformities known as the Elephant Man","summary":"Joseph Merrick was a British man with severe deformities known as the Elephant Man. Born 1862 in Leicester.","languages":["English"],"public_life":{"born":{"date":"1862-08-05","place":"Leicester"},"died":{"date":"1890-04-11","place":"Whitechapel"},"occupations":["artist"]},"web":{"social":[{"kind":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Merrick"}]},"visibility":"public","index":true,"identifiers":{"wikidata":"Q215762"},"quality":{"overall":"gold","sections":{"public_life":"gold"}},"sources":[{"name":"Wikidata","as_of":"2026-10-03","note":"Community-curated knowledge base (CC0)"},{"name":"Wikimedia Commons","note":"Photo, see the file page for licence"}],"updated":"2026-10-03T00:00:00Z","url":"https://datagalactica.com/person/DGP-R6HTGVTX19EW/joseph-merrick"},"meta":{"api":"v1","standard":"Galactica Entity Standard v1","docs":"https://datagalactica.com/api","note":"Contact fields are masked. Bronze means one unconfirmed source and may be a different real-world entity; prefer the higher grade when names collide. Cite the Galactica ID and the page url."}}