# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-m-wilson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:59:52.296Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-m-wilson"
name: "David M. Wilson"
slug: "david-m-wilson"
description: "Sir David Mackenzie Wilson is a British archaeologist, art historian, and museum curator, specialising in Anglo-Saxon art and the Viking Age. From 1977 until 1992 he served as the director of the British Museum, where he had previously worked, from 1955 to 1964, as an assistant keeper. In his role as director of the museum, he became embroiled in the controversy over the ownership of the Elgin Marbles with the Greek government, engaging with a \"disastrous\" televised debate with Greek Minister of Culture Melina Mercouri."
tagline: "British archaeologist, art historian, and museum curator"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1931-10-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.8
  momentum:             4.786612758310872
  historical:           9.209468000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_M._Wilson"
    title: "David M. Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ديفيد إم. ويلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دايفيد ويلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Дэвід М. Уілсан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_M._Wilson"
    title: "David M. Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_M._Wilson"
    title: "David M. Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mackenzie_Wilson"
    title: "David Mackenzie Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mackenzie_Wilson"
    title: "David Mackenzie Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4_(%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump