# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-richardson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:19:57.660Z

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name: "Samuel Richardson"
slug: "samuel-richardson"
description: "Samuel Richardson was an English writer and printer known for three epistolary novels: Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded (1740), Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady (1748) and The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1753). He printed almost 500 works, including journals and magazines, working periodically with the London bookseller Andrew Millar."
tagline: "English writer and printer (1689–1761)"
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birthDate: "1689-08-19"
deathDate: "1761-07-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump