# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/will-durant
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:40:05.921Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/will-durant"
name: "Will Durant"
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description: "William James Durant was an American historian and philosopher, best known for his eleven-volume work, The Story of Civilization, which contains and details the history of Eastern and Western civilizations. It was written in collaboration with his wife, Ariel Durant, and published between 1935 and 1975. He was earlier noted for The Story of Philosophy (1926), described as \"a groundbreaking work that helped to popularize philosophy\"."
tagline: "American historian, philosopher and writer (1885–1981)"
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birthDate: "1885-11-05"
deathDate: "1981-11-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump