# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roger-sherman-loomis
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:23:27.177Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roger-sherman-loomis"
name: "Roger Sherman Loomis"
slug: "roger-sherman-loomis"
description: "Roger Sherman Loomis (1887–1966) was an American scholar and one of the foremost authorities on medieval and Arthurian literature. Loomis is perhaps best known for showing the roots of Arthurian legend, in particular the Holy Grail, in native Celtic mythology."
tagline: "American academic (1887–1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roger_Sherman_Loomis_Truro_1930_photo_1_Arthurian_Society_photographer_unknown_(cropped).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: "1887-10-31"
deathDate: "1966-10-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.2405498281786942
  historical:           6.810728
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Roger Sherman Loomis"
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    title: "روجر شيرمان لوميس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "روجر شيرمان لوميس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Sherman_Loomis"
    title: "Roger Sherman Loomis"
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  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Sherman_Loomis"
    title: "Roger Sherman Loomis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Sherman_Loomis"
    title: "Roger Sherman Loomis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Sherman_Loomis"
    title: "Roger Sherman Loomis"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Sherman_Loomis"
    title: "Roger Sherman Loomis"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3405543"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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