# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-elliot-griffis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:27:10.732Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-elliot-griffis"
name: "William Elliot Griffis"
slug: "william-elliot-griffis"
description: "William Elliot Griffis was an American orientalist, Congregational minister, lecturer, and prolific author."
tagline: "American protestant minister and Japanologist (1843–1928)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Picture_of_William_Elliot_Griffis.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1843-09-17"
deathDate: "1928-02-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.888518666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ویلیام الیوت گریفیس"
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    title: "William Elliot Griffis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Elliot_Griffis"
    title: "William Elliot Griffis"
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    title: "Гриффис, Уильям Эллиот"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Elliot_Griffis"
    title: "William Elliot Griffis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ウィリアム・グリフィス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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