# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-storrs-willis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:03:15.789Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-storrs-willis"
name: "Richard Storrs Willis"
slug: "richard-storrs-willis"
description: "Richard Storrs Willis was an American composer, mainly of hymn music.\nHis best known melody is probably the one called, simply, Carol. This is the standard tune, in the United States, though not in Great Britain, of the much-loved hymn \"It Came Upon the Midnight Clear\" (1850), with lyrics by Edmund Sears.\nHe was also a music critic and journal editor."
tagline: "American composer of hymn music (1819-1900)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Storrs_Willis.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1819-02-10"
deathDate: "1900-05-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.24
  momentum:             4.964377315474493
  historical:           5.271382666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1dBvJOfPsAZMPAs9ZVPBm4"
    handle:    "1dBvJOfPsAZMPAs9ZVPBm4"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Storrs_Willis"
    title: "Richard Storrs Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ريتشارد ستورس ويليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ريتشارد ستورس ويليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/638735"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Storrs_Willis"
    title: "Richard Storrs Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7eb17272-ac63-41e7-aeec-a38088014fb5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3431242"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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