# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-r-ross
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:28:35.785Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-r-ross"
name: "John R. Ross"
slug: "john-r-ross"
description: "John Robert \"Haj\" Ross was an American poet and linguist. He played a part in the development of generative semantics along with George Lakoff, James D. McCawley, and Paul Postal. He was a professor of linguistics at MIT from 1966 to 1985 and worked in Brazil, Singapore and British Columbia. Until spring 2021, he taught at the University of North Texas."
tagline: "American linguist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Haj_Ross.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1938-05-07"
deathDate: "2025-05-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.88
  momentum:             1.304347826086957
  historical:           7.212168
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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sources:
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    title: "Росс, Джон Роберт"
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    title: "جون ر. روس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جان رابرت راس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Robert Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Ross"
    title: "John R. Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Ross"
    title: "John R. Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump