# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-west
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:36:23.596Z

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name: "Benjamin West"
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description: "Benjamin West was an American-born British painter who specialised in history painting, creating such works as The Death of Nelson, The Death of General Wolfe, the Treaty of Paris, and Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky."
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birthDate: "1738-10-10"
deathDate: "1820-03-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump