# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/whitney-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:11:18.012Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/whitney-smith"
name: "Whitney Smith"
slug: "whitney-smith"
description: "Whitney Smith Jr. was an American vexillologist. He coined the term vexillology, which refers to the scholarly analysis of all aspects of flags. He was a founder of several vexillology organizations. Smith was a Laureate and a Fellow of the International Federation of Vexillological Associations."
tagline: "Founder of vexillology, the study of flags (1940–2016)"
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country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1940-02-26"
deathDate: "2016-11-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump