# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ian-catford
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:15:24.866Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ian-catford"
name: "Ian Catford"
slug: "ian-catford"
description: "John Cunnison \"Ian\" Catford was a Scottish linguist and phonetician."
tagline: "British linguist (1917–2009)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1917-03-26"
deathDate: "2009-10-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           12.211376
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump