# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-follen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:33:56.788Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-follen"
name: "Charles Follen"
slug: "charles-follen"
description: "Charles (Karl) Theodor Christian Friedrich Follen was a German poet and patriot, who later moved to the United States and became the first professor of German at Harvard University, a Unitarian minister, and a radical abolitionist. He was fired by Harvard for his abolitionist statements."
tagline: "German-American educator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_Follen_(1796-1840).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1796-09-06"
deathDate: "1840-01-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.605904
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Follen"
    title: "Karl Follen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "تشارلز فولين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "تشارلز فولين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Follen"
    title: "Karl Follen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Follen"
    title: "Charles Follen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Follen"
    title: "Charles Follen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Follen"
    title: "Karl Follen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Follen"
    title: "Charles Follen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolus_Follenius"
    title: "Carolus Follenius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Follen"
    title: "Charles Follen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB"
    title: "Фоллен, Карл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214324"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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