# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-meyer
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:38:02.178Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-meyer"
name: "Frank Meyer"
slug: "frank-meyer"
description: "Frank Straus Meyer was an American philosopher and political activist best known for his theory of \"fusionism\" – a political philosophy that unites elements of libertarianism and traditionalism into a philosophical synthesis which is posited as the definition of modern American conservatism. Meyer's philosophy was presented in two books, primarily In Defense of Freedom: A Conservative Credo (1962) and also in a collection of his essays, The Conservative Mainstream (1969). Fusionism has been summed up by E. J. Dionne, Jr. as \"utilizing libertarian means in a conservative society for traditionalist ends\"."
tagline: "American conservative philosopher (1909–1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/YoungFSM2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Academic"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1909-05-09"
deathDate: "1972-04-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump