# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/e-herbert-norman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:18:47.287Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/e-herbert-norman"
name: "E. Herbert Norman"
slug: "e-herbert-norman"
description: "Egerton Herbert Norman was a Canadian diplomat and historian. Born in Japan to missionary parents, he became a historian of modern Japan before joining the Canadian foreign service. His most influential book was Japan's Emergence as a Modern State (1940) where he argued that persisting feudal class relations were responsible for government oppression at home and the imperialistic expansion that led to World War II in Asia. During the Red Scare of the 1950s Norman was accused of being a communist or even a spy, though investigations found no corroboration and he was defended by Canadian authorities. He committed suicide in 1957."
tagline: "Canadian diplomat (1909–1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/E._Herbert_Norman_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CA"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1909-09-01"
deathDate: "1957-04-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           7.430096000000001
  currentAttention:     0
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump