# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-b-pitkin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:19:07.155Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-b-pitkin"
name: "Walter B. Pitkin"
slug: "walter-b-pitkin"
description: "Walter Boughton Pitkin was an American author and university professor. He taught at Columbia University for 38 years, and he authored more than 30 books, including the 1932 best-selling book, Life Begins at Forty."
tagline: "American philosopher (1878-1953)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1878-02-06"
deathDate: "1953-01-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.78
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.339921333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Walter B. Pitkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%89._%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "والتر بى. پيتكين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Walter B. Pitkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_B._Pitkin"
    title: "Walter B. Pitkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_B._Pitkin"
    title: "Walter B. Pitkin"
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  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%83%88%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ウォルター・ピトキン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Burton_Pitkin"
    title: "Walter Burton Pitkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2543516"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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