# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-k-wyatt
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:09:12.906Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-k-wyatt"
name: "David K. Wyatt"
slug: "david-k-wyatt"
description: "David Kent Wyatt was an American historian and author who studied Thailand. He taught at Cornell University from 1969 to 2002, and also served as Chair of the Cornell University Department of History and as the president of the Association for Asian Studies in 1993. His book Thailand: A Short History has become a standard text on Thai history in the English language."
tagline: "Historian (1937–2006)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1937-09-21"
deathDate: "2006-11-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump