# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lionel-casson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:26:28.300Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lionel-casson"
name: "Lionel Casson"
slug: "lionel-casson"
description: "Lionel Casson was a classical archaeologist, professor emeritus at New York University, and a specialist in maritime history. He earned his B.A. in 1934 at New York University, and in 1936 became an assistant professor. He later earned his Ph.D. there during 1939. In 2005 he was awarded the Archaeological Institute of America Gold Medal."
tagline: "American classicist (1914–2009)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1914-07-22"
deathDate: "2009-07-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.1
  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Lionel Casson"
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    title: "ليونيل كاسون"
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    title: "ليونيل كاسون"
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    title: "Lionel Casson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Casson"
    title: "Lionel Casson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Casson"
    title: "Lionel Casson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Casson"
    title: "Lionel Casson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Casson"
    title: "Lionel Casson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Casson"
    title: "Lionel Casson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Casson"
    title: "Lionel Casson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump