# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pierre-simon-ballanche
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:30:15.745Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/pierre-simon-ballanche"
name: "Pierre-Simon Ballanche"
slug: "pierre-simon-ballanche"
description: "Pierre-Simon Ballanche was a French writer and counterrevolutionary philosopher, who elaborated a theology of progress that possessed considerable influence in French literary circles in the beginning of the nineteenth century. He was the ninth member elected to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1842."
tagline: "French writer and philosopher"
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country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1776-08-04"
deathDate: "1847-06-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump