# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lewis-sperry-chafer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:38:09.633Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lewis-sperry-chafer"
name: "Lewis Sperry Chafer"
slug: "lewis-sperry-chafer"
description: "Lewis Sperry Chafer was an American theologian. He co-founded Dallas Theological Seminary with his older brother Rollin Thomas Chafer (1868–1940), served as its first president, and was an influential proponent of Christian Dispensationalism in the early 20th century. John Hannah described Chafer as a visionary Bible teacher, a minister of the gospel, a man of prayer with strong piety. One of his students, Charles Caldwell Ryrie, who went on to become a theologian and scholar, stated that Chafer was an evangelist who was also \"an eminent theologian.\""
tagline: "American theologian (1871-1952)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
  name: "Musicians"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1871-02-27"
deathDate: "1952-08-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump