# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-s-sullivan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:44:38.552Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-s-sullivan"
name: "Walter S. Sullivan"
slug: "walter-s-sullivan"
description: "Walter Seager Sullivan Jr. was an American journalist. He was considered the \"dean\" of science writers."
tagline: "American science reporter and author"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1918-01-18"
deathDate: "1996-03-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.47
  momentum:             1.5
  historical:           7.870266666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "والتر سوليفان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "والتر سوليفان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Sullivan_(journalist)"
    title: "Walter Sullivan (journalist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "والتر سالیوان (روزنامه‌نگار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Sullivan_(journaliste)"
    title: "Walter Sullivan (journaliste)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Sullivan"
    title: "Walter Sullivan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Sullivan_(jurnalist)"
    title: "Walter Sullivan (jurnalist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_S._Sullivan"
    title: "Walter S. Sullivan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4018023"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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