# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-denison-ross
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:26:46.961Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-denison-ross"
name: "Edward Denison Ross"
slug: "edward-denison-ross"
description: "Sir Edward Denison Ross, known as Denison, was a British orientalist and linguist, specializing in languages of the Middle East, Central and East Asia. He was the first director of the University of London's School of Oriental Studies from 1916 to 1937."
tagline: "British linguist and orientalist (1871-1940)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_Denison_Ross_by_John_Lavery_(1856-1941).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1871-06-06"
deathDate: "1940-09-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             5.877329192546584
  historical:           8.940065333333333
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump