# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arthur-seldon
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:06:59.838Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arthur-seldon"
name: "Arthur Seldon"
slug: "arthur-seldon"
description: "Arthur Seldon, was joint founder president, with Ralph Harris, of the Institute of Economic Affairs, where he directed editorial affairs and publishing for more than thirty years. He is the father of political author Anthony Seldon."
tagline: "Libertarian British economist (1916–2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Economist_Arthur_Seldon.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1916-05-29"
deathDate: "2005-10-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.89
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.016236
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "ارثر سيلدون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Артър Селдън"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Seldon"
    title: "Arthur Seldon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Seldon"
    title: "Arthur Seldon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Seldon"
    title: "Arthur Seldon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Seldon"
    title: "Arthur Seldon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Артур Селдон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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