# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-russell-young
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:59:26.582Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-russell-young"
name: "John Russell Young"
slug: "john-russell-young"
description: "John Russell Young was an American journalist, author, diplomat, and the seventh Librarian of the United States Congress from 1897 to 1899. He was invited by Ulysses S. Grant to accompany him on a world tour for purposes of recording the two-year journey, which he published in a two-volume work."
tagline: "Librarian of Congress (1840–1899)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Russell_Young.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1840-11-20"
deathDate: "1899-01-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.73
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.545429333333335
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "杨约翰"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون راسيل يونغ"
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    title: "جون راسيل يونج"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Russell_Young_(Journalist)"
    title: "John Russell Young (Journalist)"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Russell_Young"
    title: "John Russell Young"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Russell_Young"
    title: "John Russell Young"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q706375"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump