# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-elmer-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:25:11.444Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-elmer-smith"
name: "Edward Elmer Smith"
slug: "edward-elmer-smith"
description: "Edward Elmer Smith was an American food engineer and science-fiction author, best known for the Lensman and Skylark series. He is sometimes called the father of space opera."
tagline: "Food engineer and author (1890-1965)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/E.E._Smith_LCCN2014716246.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1890-05-02"
deathDate: "1965-08-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.38412017167382
  historical:           21.14436
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    title: "Смит, Эдвард Элмер"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump