# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-gold-appleton
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:14:02.978Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-gold-appleton"
name: "Thomas Gold Appleton"
slug: "thomas-gold-appleton"
description: "Thomas Gold Appleton, son of merchant Nathan Appleton and Maria Theresa Gold, was an American writer, an artist, and a patron of the fine arts. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow became his brother-in-law after marrying Appleton's sister Frances."
tagline: "American artist (1812-1884)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_Gold_Appleton_by_Frederick_P._Vinton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1812-03-31"
deathDate: "1884-04-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.42
  momentum:             2.489451476793249
  historical:           7.677322666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "توماس جولد أبلتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "توماس جولد ابلتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gold_Appleton"
    title: "Thomas Gold Appleton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gold_Appleton"
    title: "Thomas Gold Appleton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gold_Appleton"
    title: "Thomas Gold Appleton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gold_Appleton"
    title: "Thomas Gold Appleton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7790099"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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