# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-knight
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:43:31.461Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-knight"
name: "Eric Knight"
slug: "eric-knight"
description: "Eric Mowbray Knight was an English novelist and screenwriter, who is mainly known for his 1940 novel Lassie Come-Home, which introduced the fictional collie Lassie. He took American citizenship in 1942 shortly before his death."
tagline: "British writer (1897–1943)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1897-04-10"
deathDate: "1943-01-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.17574133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0460893"
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    title: "에릭 나이트"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eric Knight"
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    title: "Eric Knight"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1235752"
    title: "Eric Knight"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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