# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-tecwyn-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:17:25.780Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-tecwyn-williams"
name: "Richard Tecwyn Williams"
slug: "richard-tecwyn-williams"
description: "Richard Tecwyn Williams FRS was a Welsh biochemist who founded the systematic study of xenobiotic metabolism with the publication of his book Detoxication mechanisms in 1947. This seminal book built on his earlier work on the role of glucuronic acid in the metabolism of borneol."
tagline: "Welsh biochemist (1909–1979)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1909-02-20"
deathDate: "1979-12-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.94
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.935241333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ričard Tekvin Vilijams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ريتشارد وليامز (عالم كيمياء حيوية)"
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    title: "ریچارد تکیوین ویلیامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Tecwyn_Williams"
    title: "Richard Tecwyn Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Tecwyn_Williams"
    title: "Richard Tecwyn Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ричард Вилијам"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Tecwyn_Williams"
    title: "Richard Tecwyn Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7329418"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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