# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/logan-pearsall-smith
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:08:24.818Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/logan-pearsall-smith"
name: "Logan Pearsall Smith"
slug: "logan-pearsall-smith"
description: "Lloyd Logan Pearsall Smith was an American-born British essayist and critic. Harvard and Oxford educated, he was known for his aphorisms and epigrams, and was an expert on 17th century divines. His Words and Idioms made him an authority on correct English language usage. He wrote his autobiography, Unforgotten Years, in 1938."
tagline: "British American-born writer"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1865-10-18"
deathDate: "1946-03-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.441696113074205
  historical:           9.221276
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump