# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-bryson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:46:29.187Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-bryson"
name: "Bill Bryson"
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description: "William McGuire Bryson is an American journalist and author who was naturalized as a British citizen in 2014. Bryson has written nonfiction books on topics including travel, the English language, and science. Bryson moved to Britain in his twenties and remained in the country for most of his adult life. However, he periodically returned to live in the U.S. such as between 1995 and 2003. He was the chancellor of Durham University from 2005 to 2011."
tagline: "American-British author (born 1951)"
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birthDate: "1951-12-08"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump