# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-lawson-stoddard
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:55:36.336Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-lawson-stoddard"
name: "John Lawson Stoddard"
slug: "john-lawson-stoddard"
description: "John Lawson Stoddard was an American lecturer, author and photographer. He was a pioneer in the use of the stereopticon or magic lantern, adding photographs to his popular lectures about his travels around the world. Because he published books related to his travels, he is credited with developing the genre of travelogues."
tagline: "American writer (1850–1931)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_L._Stoddard.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1850-04-24"
deathDate: "1931-06-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.73
  momentum:             0.05524861878453038
  historical:           5.692874666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lawson_Stoddard"
    title: "John Lawson Stoddard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "جون لوسون ستودارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lawson_Stoddard"
    title: "John Lawson Stoddard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Lawson_Stoddard"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lawson_Stoddard"
    title: "John Lawson Stoddard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lawson_Stoddard"
    title: "John Lawson Stoddard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1403885"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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