# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-h-schafer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:29:11.506Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-h-schafer"
name: "Edward H. Schafer"
slug: "edward-h-schafer"
description: "Edward Hetzel Schafer was an American historian, sinologist, and writer noted for his expertise on the Tang dynasty, and was a professor of Chinese at University of California, Berkeley, for 35 years. Schafer's most notable works include The Golden Peaches of Samarkand and The Vermilion Bird, which both explore China's interactions with other cultures and regions during the Tang dynasty."
tagline: "American historian and sinologist (1913-1991)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1913-08-23"
deathDate: "1991-02-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             5.454545454545454
  historical:           7.674694666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "薛愛華"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A5%D8%AA%D8%B4_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1"
    title: "إدوارد إتش شيفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ادوارد اتش شيفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ادوارد اچ. شافر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_H._Schafer"
    title: "Edward H. Schafer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_H._Schafer"
    title: "Edward H. Schafer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardus_Hetzel_Schafer"
    title: "Eduardus Hetzel Schafer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_H._Schafer"
    title: "Edward H. Schafer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%A5%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Шефер, Эдвард Хетцель"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump