# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/h-l-mencken
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:59:28.359Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/h-l-mencken"
name: "H. L. Mencken"
slug: "h-l-mencken"
description: "Henry Louis Mencken was an American journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic, and scholar of American English. He commented widely on literature, music, prominent politicians, and contemporary movements. His satirical reporting on the Scopes Trial, which he dubbed the \"Monkey Trial\", also earned him attention. The term Menckenian has entered multiple dictionaries to describe anything of or pertaining to Mencken, including his combative rhetorical and prose styles."
tagline: "American journalist and writer (1880–1956)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/H-L-Mencken-1928.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1880-09-12"
deathDate: "1956-01-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.3337553228219588
  historical:           24.246488
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump