# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elliott-cresson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:23:14.320Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elliott-cresson"
name: "Elliott Cresson"
slug: "elliott-cresson"
description: "Elliott Cresson was an American philanthropist who gave money to a number of causes after a brief career in the mercantile business. He established the Elliott Cresson Medal of the Franklin Institute in 1848, and helped found and manage the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, today's Moore College of Art and Design. Cresson was a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and a strong supporter of the Philadelphia branch of the American Colonization Society, a group fighting slavery that relocated former slaves and free African Americans to colonies in Liberia. Cresson was called \"the most belligerent Friend the Society ever had.\""
tagline: "American philanthropist (1796–1854)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elliott_Cresson_photo_Restored.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1796-03-02"
deathDate: "1854-02-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.873614666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "الیوت کرسون"
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    title: "إليوت كريسون"
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    title: "Elliott Cresson"
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    title: "Крессон, Эллиотт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Elliott Cresson"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Cresson"
    title: "Elliott Cresson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump