# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mercer-cook
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:26:02.151Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mercer-cook"
name: "Mercer Cook"
slug: "mercer-cook"
description: "Will Mercer Cook, popularly known as Mercer Cook, was an American diplomat and professor. He was the first United States ambassador to the Gambia after it became independent, appointed in 1965 while also still serving as ambassador to Senegal. He was also the second American ambassador to Niger."
tagline: "American diplomat"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mercer_Cook.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1903-03-30"
deathDate: "1987-10-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.37
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.937797333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "ميرسير كوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%B1_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "ميرسر كوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_Cook"
    title: "Mercer Cook"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_Cook"
    title: "Mercer Cook"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6818266"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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