# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/grant-allen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:33:21.970Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/grant-allen"
name: "Grant Allen"
slug: "grant-allen"
description: "Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen was a Canadian science writer and novelist, educated in England. He was a public promoter of evolution in the second half of the nineteenth century."
tagline: "Canada born British science writer, novelist and scientist (1848 – 1899)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Grant_Allen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1848-02-24"
deathDate: "1899-10-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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platforms:
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    title: "Grant Allen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Grant Allen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump