# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marcus-clarke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:22:17.387Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marcus-clarke"
name: "Marcus Clarke"
slug: "marcus-clarke"
description: "Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke FRSA was an English-born Australian novelist, journalist, poet, editor, librarian, and playwright. He is best known for his 1874 novel For the Term of His Natural Life, about the convict system in Australia, and widely regarded as a classic of Australian literature. It has been adapted into many plays, films and a folk opera."
tagline: "Australian novelist and poet (1846-1881)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marcus_Clarke.PNG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "AU"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1846-04-24"
deathDate: "1881-08-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.626568
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  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