# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-michael-ballantyne
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:16:37.369Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-michael-ballantyne"
name: "Robert Michael Ballantyne"
slug: "robert-michael-ballantyne"
description: "Robert Michael Ballantyne was a Scottish author of juvenile fiction, who wrote more than a hundred books. He was also an accomplished artist: he exhibited some of his water-colours at the Royal Scottish Academy."
tagline: "Scottish author of juvenile fiction (1825-1894)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Michael_Ballantyne.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1825-04-24"
deathDate: "1894-02-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.15
  momentum:             3.399999999999999
  historical:           19.71649066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Robert Michael Ballantyne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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