# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/w-richard-stevens
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:16:32.522Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/w-richard-stevens"
name: "W. Richard Stevens"
slug: "w-richard-stevens"
description: "William Richard (Rich) Stevens was a Northern Rhodesia–born American author of computer science books, in particular books on Unix and TCP/IP."
tagline: "American writer (1951–1999)"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1951-02-05"
deathDate: "1999-09-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump