# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francis-fergusson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:25:45.607Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francis-fergusson"
name: "Francis Fergusson"
slug: "francis-fergusson"
description: "Francis de Liesseline Fergusson was an American professor of comparative literature and literary critic; a theorist of drama and mythology. He was a Rhodes Scholar and a Guggenheim Fellow, best known for his book The Idea of a Theatre: The Art of Drama in Changing Perspective (1949)."
tagline: "American literary critic (1904-1986)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1904-02-21"
deathDate: "1986-12-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.079158666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3566630/"
    handle:    "nm3566630"
sources:
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    title: "Френсіс Фергюссон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فرنسيس فيرجاسن"
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    title: "فرنسيس فيرجاسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Fergusson"
    title: "Francis Fergusson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Fergusson"
    title: "Francis Fergusson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Fergusson"
    title: "Francis Fergusson"
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  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Fergusson"
    title: "Francis Fergusson"
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    title: "Francis Fergusson"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14918892"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3841828"
    title: "Francis Fergusson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump