# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-addington-symonds
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:54:19.692Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-addington-symonds"
name: "John Addington Symonds"
slug: "john-addington-symonds"
description: "John Addington Symonds Jr. was an English poet and literary critic. A cultural historian, he was known for his work on the Renaissance, as well as numerous biographies of writers and artists. Although married with children, Symonds supported male love, which he believed could include pederastic as well as egalitarian relationships, referring to it as l'amour de l'impossible. He also wrote much poetry inspired by his same-sex affairs."
tagline: "British poet, literary critic and cultural historian (1840–1893)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1840-10-05"
deathDate: "1893-04-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0.01774622892635315
  historical:           16.481288
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump