# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-boswell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:35:20.339Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-boswell"
name: "John Boswell"
slug: "john-boswell"
description: "John Eastburn Boswell was an American historian and a full professor at Yale University. Many of Boswell's studies focused on the issue of religion and homosexuality, specifically Christianity and homosexuality. Much of his work addressed the history of marginalized groups, particularly in the context of religion and sexuality."
tagline: "American historian"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d1/John_Boswell.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1947-03-20"
deathDate: "1994-12-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  currentAttention:     5.88
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
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