# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-william-de-forest
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:49:22.325Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-william-de-forest"
name: "John William De Forest"
slug: "john-william-de-forest"
description: "John William De Forest was an American soldier and writer of literary realism, best known for his Civil War novel Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty. He also coined the term for the Great American Novel, one which would embody the country in one text."
tagline: "Military officer, novelist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_William_De_Forest.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: "1826-05-31"
deathDate: "1906-07-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.214285714285713
  historical:           8.085818666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump