# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-godfrey-saxe
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:30:08.433Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-godfrey-saxe"
name: "John Godfrey Saxe"
slug: "john-godfrey-saxe"
description: "John Godfrey Saxe I was an American poet known for his re-telling of the Indian parable \"The Blind Men and the Elephant\", which introduced the story to a western audience."
tagline: "American poet (1816-1887)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Godfrey_Saxe_at_32.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1816-06-02"
deathDate: "1887-03-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "John Godfrey Saxe"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump