# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-mchenry
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:43:29.634Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-mchenry"
name: "Robert McHenry"
slug: "robert-mchenry"
description: "Robert Dale McHenry is an American editor, encyclopedist, philanthropist and writer. McHenry worked from 1967 for Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. or associated companies, becoming editor-in-chief of the Encyclopædia Britannica in 1992, a position he held until 1997. McHenry is also author of the book How to Know (2004), and a frequent contributor to journals."
tagline: "Encyclopedia editor"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1945-04-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.1
  momentum:             5.396895787139687
  historical:           10.27285866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%89"
    title: "روبيرت مكهنرى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_McHenry"
    title: "Robert McHenry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_McHenry"
    title: "Robert McHenry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_McHenry"
    title: "Robert McHenry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_McHenry"
    title: "Robert McHenry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_McHenry"
    title: "Robert McHenry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_McHenry"
    title: "Robert McHenry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_McHenry"
    title: "Robert McHenry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA-%D0%93%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Мак-Гэнри, Роберт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA-%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%80%D1%96"
    title: "Роберт Мак-Генрі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_McHenry"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1347030"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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