# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/horace-fletcher
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:25:47.260Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/horace-fletcher"
name: "Horace Fletcher"
slug: "horace-fletcher"
description: "Horace Fletcher was an American food faddist who earned the nickname \"The Great Masticator\" for his argument that food should be chewed thoroughly until liquefied before swallowing: \"Nature will castigate those who don't masticate.\" He made elaborate justifications for this claim."
tagline: "American health food enthusiast (1849-1919)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Horace_Fletcher_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1849-08-10"
deathDate: "1919-01-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.74
  momentum:             4.691943127962084
  historical:           3.774733333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Horace Fletcher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Fletcher"
    title: "Horace Fletcher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Horace_Fletcher"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ta.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B9%E0%AF%8A%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%83%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1627862"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump