# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernest-thompson-seton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:22:48.069Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/ernest-thompson-seton"
name: "Ernest Thompson Seton"
slug: "ernest-thompson-seton"
description: "Ernest Thompson Seton was a Canadian and American author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians in 1902, and one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in 1910."
tagline: "British/American author, artist and naturalist, and one of the founders of the scouting movement (1860–1946)"
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birthDate: "1860-08-14"
deathDate: "1946-10-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump