# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alan-macfarlane
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:45:24.909Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alan-macfarlane"
name: "Alan Macfarlane"
slug: "alan-macfarlane"
description: "Alan Donald James Macfarlane is a British anthropologist and historian, and a Professor Emeritus of King's College, Cambridge. He is the author or editor of 20 books and numerous articles on the anthropology and history of England, Nepal, Japan and China. He has focused on comparative study of the origins and nature of the modern world. In recent years he has become increasingly interested in the use of visual material in teaching and research. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Historical Society."
tagline: "British anthropologist"
gender: "male"
country:
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birthDate: "1941-12-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.alanmacfarlane.com/"
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    title: "Alan Macfarlane"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump