# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gwyn-a-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:48:44.343Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gwyn-a-williams"
name: "Gwyn A. Williams"
slug: "gwyn-a-williams"
description: "Gwyn Alfred \"Alf\" Williams was born in the iron town of Dowlais situated above the industrial town of Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales to Thomas John Williams and Gwladys Williams, who were left-wing schoolteachers. Williams became a Welsh historian who was particularly known for his work on the work of Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci and of the Spanish painter Francisco Goya as well as on Welsh history."
tagline: "Welsh historian (1925–1995)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3e/Gwyn_Alf_Williams.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1925-09-30"
deathDate: "1995-11-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.77
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.077898666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwyn_A._Williams"
    title: "Gwyn A. Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A3._%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "جوين أ. وليامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7._%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "جوين ا. وليامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwyn_A._Williams"
    title: "Gwyn A. Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwyn_Alf_Williams"
    title: "Gwyn Alf Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwyn_A._Williams"
    title: "Gwyn A. Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5623767"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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