# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-wells-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:43:16.401Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samuel-wells-williams"
name: "Samuel Wells Williams"
slug: "samuel-wells-williams"
description: "Samuel Wells Williams was a linguist, official, missionary and sinologist from the United States in the early 19th century."
tagline: "U.S. linguist, missionary, diplomat, naturalist and Sinologist (1812–1884)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/S._Wells_Williams_(1812-1884).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1812-09-22"
deathDate: "1884-02-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.96263733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Samuel Wells Williams"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Wells_Williams"
    title: "Samuel Wells Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%84_%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B2_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "ساموئل ولز ویلیامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Wells_Williams"
    title: "Samuel Wells Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Wells_Williams"
    title: "Samuel Wells Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Samuel Wells Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC%D1%81%2C_%D0%A1%D1%8D%D0%BC%D1%8E%D1%8D%D0%BB_%D0%A3%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%81"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Wells_Williams"
    title: "Samuel Wells Williams"
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  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A1%9E%E4%B8%89%E7%95%8F"
    title: "衞三畏"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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