# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/royall-tyler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:42:38.728Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/royall-tyler"
name: "Royall Tyler"
slug: "royall-tyler"
description: "Royall Tyler was an American jurist, teacher and playwright. He was born in Boston, graduated from Harvard University in 1776, and then served in the Massachusetts militia during the American Revolution. He was admitted to the bar in 1780, became a lawyer, and fathered eleven children. In 1801, he was appointed a Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court. He wrote a play, The Contrast, which was produced in 1787 in New York City, shortly after George Washington's inauguration. It is considered the first American comedy. Washington attended the production, which was well-received, and Tyler became a literary celebrity."
tagline: "American playwright and jurist (1757-1826)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Royall_Tyler_-_Dichter_und_Richter.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1757-06-18"
deathDate: "1826-08-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.44
  momentum:             2.014388489208633
  historical:           7.024048000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Royall_Tyler"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "رويال تايلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "رويال تايلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royall_Tyler"
    title: "Royall Tyler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royall_Tyler"
    title: "Royall Tyler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royall_Tyler"
    title: "Royall Tyler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royall_Tyler"
    title: "Royall Tyler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Тайлер, Ройалл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2171170"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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