# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/morgan-robertson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:23:03.763Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/morgan-robertson"
name: "Morgan Robertson"
slug: "morgan-robertson"
description: "Morgan Andrew Robertson was an American author of short stories and novels, and the self-proclaimed inventor of the periscope. Robertson is best known for his 1898 novel Futility, famous for the similarities of its plot with the real-life sinking of the ocean liner RMS Titanic 14 years later."
tagline: "American writer (1861–1915)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Morgan_Robertson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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birthDate: "1861-09-30"
deathDate: "1915-03-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0731966"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump