# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/garrett-putnam-serviss
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:17:50.489Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/garrett-putnam-serviss"
name: "Garrett Putnam Serviss"
slug: "garrett-putnam-serviss"
description: "Garrett Putnam Serviss was an American astronomer, popularizer of astronomy, and early science fiction writer. Serviss was born in Sharon Springs, New York, and majored in science at Cornell University. He took a law degree at Columbia University but never worked as an attorney. Instead, in 1876 he joined the staff of The New York Sun newspaper, working as a journalist until 1892 under editor Charles Dana."
tagline: "American astronomer, and early science fiction writer (1851–1929)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Garrett_Putnam_Serviss.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1851-03-24"
deathDate: "1929-05-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15.33707865168539
  historical:           9.409936
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0785851/"
    handle:    "nm0785851"
sources:
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    title: "Ґарретт Сервісс"
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    title: "جاريت پى. سيرڤيس"
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    title: "Garrett P. Serviss"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_P._Serviss"
    title: "Garrett P. Serviss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_P._Serviss"
    title: "Garrett P. Serviss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_P._Serviss"
    title: "Garrett P. Serviss"
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    title: "Garrett P. Serviss"
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    title: "ギャレット・P・サービス"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Garrett Putnam Serviss"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump