# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/basil-lanneau-gildersleeve
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:23:58.898Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/basil-lanneau-gildersleeve"
name: "Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve"
slug: "basil-lanneau-gildersleeve"
description: "Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve was an American classical scholar. An author of numerous works, and founding editor of the American Journal of Philology, he has been credited with contributions to the syntax of Greek and Latin, and the history of Greek literature."
tagline: "American classical philologist (1831–1924)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Basil_Lanneau_Gildersleeve_edit.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1831-10-23"
deathDate: "1924-01-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.340749333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve"
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    title: "باسيل لانياو جيلديرسليڤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_L._Gildersleeve"
    title: "Basil L. Gildersleeve"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%96%D7%99%D7%9C_%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%95_%D7%92%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%91"
    title: "בזיל לנו גילדרסליב"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Lanneau_Gildersleeve"
    title: "Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Lanneau_Gildersleeve"
    title: "Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump