# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-dorson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:59:01.008Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-dorson"
name: "Richard Dorson"
slug: "richard-dorson"
description: "Richard Mercer Dorson was an American folklorist, professor, and director of the Folklore Institute at Indiana University. Dorson has been called the \"father of American folklore\" and \"the dominant force in the study of folklore\"."
tagline: "American folklorist (1916–1981)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_M._D.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1916-03-12"
deathDate: "1981-09-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.3
  momentum:             0.3398058252427184
  historical:           13.615336
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4929910"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ريتشارد دورسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ri%C3%A7ard_Dorson"
    title: "Riçard Dorson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%94%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D1%8A%D0%BD"
    title: "Ричард Дорсън"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_M._Dorson"
    title: "Richard M. Dorson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dorson"
    title: "Richard Dorson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dorson"
    title: "Richard Dorson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dorson"
    title: "Richard Dorson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3_(%E6%B0%91%E4%BF%97%E5%AD%A6%E8%80%85)"
    title: "リチャード・ドーソン (民俗学者)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dorson"
    title: "Richard Dorson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%9A%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A1_%E0%A8%A1%E0%A9%8C%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%A8"
    title: "ਰਿਚਰਡ ਡੌਰਸਨ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dorson"
    title: "Richard Dorson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DA%86%D8%B1%DA%88_%DA%88%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "رچرڈ ڈورسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Дорсон, Ричард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dorson"
    title: "Richard Dorson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dorson"
    title: "Richard Dorson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/380ed305-eb8e-4ade-80c7-316f58f99526"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3352534"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump