# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-a-ward
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:55:10.886Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samuel-a-ward"
name: "Samuel A. Ward"
slug: "samuel-a-ward"
description: "Samuel Augustus Ward was an American organist and composer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of a shoemaker, he studied under several teachers in New York and became an organist at Grace Episcopal Church in his home town in 1880. He married Virginia Ward in 1871, with whom he had four daughters."
tagline: "American organist and composer (1847–1903)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samuel_Augustus_Ward.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1847-12-28"
deathDate: "1903-09-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.55
  momentum:             0.03502626970227671
  historical:           6.820628
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1123571/"
    handle:    "nm1123571"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3g34loFgekX57I6g4rojpf"
    handle:    "3g34loFgekX57I6g4rojpf"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/717234"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A3._%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "صموئيل أ. وارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "صموئيل وارد (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_A._Ward"
    title: "Samuel A. Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_A._Ward"
    title: "Samuel A. Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_A._Ward"
    title: "Samuel A. Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Augustus_Ward"
    title: "Samuel Augustus Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/00f88a46-41d7-4e79-a6bb-7cab14a3ff39"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2450043"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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