# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/basil-king
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:39:08.704Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/basil-king"
name: "Basil King"
slug: "basil-king"
description: "William Benjamin Basil King was a Canadian clergyman who became a writer after retiring from the clergy. His novels and non-fiction were spiritually oriented."
tagline: "Canadian writer (1859-1928)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Basil_King_1919.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1859-02-26"
deathDate: "1928-06-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.47
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.484918666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0454479/"
    handle:    "nm0454479"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%2C_%D0%91%D1%8D%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BB"
    title: "Кинг, Бэзил"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA"
    title: "باسل كينغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_King"
    title: "Basil King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_King"
    title: "Basil King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Basil_King"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4867202"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3227575"
    title: "Basil King"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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