# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-temple-bell
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:45:57.073Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-temple-bell"
name: "Eric Temple Bell"
slug: "eric-temple-bell"
description: "Eric Temple Bell was a mathematician, educator and science fiction writer who lived in the United States for most of his life. He published non-fiction using his given name and fiction as John Taine."
tagline: "Scottish American mathematician and science fiction author (1883-1960)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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birthDate: "1883-02-07"
deathDate: "1960-12-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump