# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leonard-read
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:04:11.174Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/leonard-read"
name: "Leonard Read"
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description: "Leonard Edward Read was the founder of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), one of the first free market think tanks in the United States. He wrote 29 books and numerous essays, including \"I, Pencil\" (1958)."
tagline: "American academic"
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birthDate: "1898-09-26"
deathDate: "1983-05-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump