# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stith-thompson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:05:59.863Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stith-thompson"
name: "Stith Thompson"
slug: "stith-thompson"
description: "Stith Thompson was an American folklorist: he has been described as \"America's most important folklorist\"."
tagline: "American folklorist (1885-1976)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6c/Stith_Thompson.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1885-03-07"
deathDate: "1976-01-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump