# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herbert-weir-smyth
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:20:57.761Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herbert-weir-smyth"
name: "Herbert Weir Smyth"
slug: "herbert-weir-smyth"
description: "Herbert Weir Smyth was an American classical scholar. His comprehensive grammar of Ancient Greek has become a standard reference on the subject in English, comparable to that of William Watson Goodwin, whom he succeeded as Eliott Professor of Greek Literature at Harvard University."
tagline: "American classical scholar (1857–1937)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1857-08-08"
deathDate: "1937-07-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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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