# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leonard-william-king
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:31:39.368Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leonard-william-king"
name: "Leonard William King"
slug: "leonard-william-king"
description: "Leonard William King, FSA was an English archaeologist and Assyriologist educated at Rugby School and King's College, Cambridge. He collected stone inscriptions widely in the Near East, taught Assyrian and Babylonian archaeology at King's College for a number of years, and published a large number of works on these subjects. He is also known for his translations of ancient works such as the Code of Hammurabi. He became Assistant Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum."
tagline: "British academic (1869–1919)"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1869-12-08"
deathDate: "1919-08-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.139129333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Leonard William King"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5910045"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump