# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/terrence-deacon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:29:09.056Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/terrence-deacon"
name: "Terrence Deacon"
slug: "terrence-deacon"
description: "Terrence William Deacon is an American neuroanthropologist. He taught at Harvard for eight years, relocated to Boston University in 1992, and is currently Professor of Anthropology and member of the Cognitive Science Faculty at the University of California, Berkeley."
tagline: "American anthropologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TerryDeacon.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1950-08-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           8.761953333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "تيرينس ديكون"
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    title: "Terrence Deacon"
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    title: "Terrence Deacon"
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    title: "Terrence Deacon"
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    title: "ترنس دیکن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrence_William_Deacon"
    title: "Terrence William Deacon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrence_Deacon"
    title: "Terrence Deacon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Дикон, Терренс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump