# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-mccloskey
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:53:32.059Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-mccloskey"
name: "Robert McCloskey"
slug: "robert-mccloskey"
description: "John Robert McCloskey was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He both wrote and illustrated eight picture books, and won two Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association for the year's best-illustrated picture book. Four of the eight books were set in Maine: Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine, Time of Wonder, and Burt Dow, Deep-water Man. His best-known work is Make Way For Ducklings, set in Boston. In longer works, he both wrote and illustrated Homer Price and he illustrated Keith Robertson's Henry Reed series."
tagline: "Children's book author and illustrator from the United States (1914-2003)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1914-09-15"
deathDate: "2003-06-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.89
  momentum:             2.272123667813
  historical:           9.078516
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "روبيرت مكلوسكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Robert McCloskey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_McCloskey"
    title: "Robert McCloskey"
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    title: "Robert McCloskey"
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    title: "Ռոբերտ ՄաքՔլոսկի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ロバート・マックロスキー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Макклоски, Роберт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_McCloskey"
    title: "Robert McCloskey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_McCloskey"
    title: "Robert McCloskey"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q354148"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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