# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-cotton-dana
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:48:01.336Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-cotton-dana"
name: "John Cotton Dana"
slug: "john-cotton-dana"
description: "John Cotton Dana was an American library and museum director who sought to make these cultural institutions relevant to the daily lives of citizens. As a public librarian for forty years Dana promoted the benefits of reading, pioneered direct access to shelved materials, and innovated specialized library services of all types."
tagline: "American librarian and museum director (1856-1929)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Cotton_Dana_01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1856-08-19"
deathDate: "1929-07-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.42
  momentum:             2.634756674183458
  historical:           6.808892
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "جون كوتن دانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cotton_Dana"
    title: "John Cotton Dana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cotton_Dana"
    title: "John Cotton Dana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cotton_Dana"
    title: "John Cotton Dana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%9C%E0%B5%8B%E0%B5%BA_%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%BA_%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE"
    title: "ജോൺ കോട്ടൺ ഡാനാ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cotton_Dana"
    title: "John Cotton Dana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%8F%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%98%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Џон Котон Дејна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3595520"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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