# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-crystal
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:31:41.836Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-crystal"
name: "David Crystal"
slug: "david-crystal"
description: "David Crystal is a British linguist who studies the English language."
tagline: "British linguist and writer (born 1941)"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1941-07-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump