# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sir-william-maccormac-1st-baronet
# Generated: 2026-08-15T15:38:32.495Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sir-william-maccormac-1st-baronet"
name: "Sir William MacCormac, 1st Baronet"
slug: "sir-william-maccormac-1st-baronet"
description: "Sir William MacCormac, 1st Baronet, was a notable British surgeon during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. MacCormac was a strong advocate of the antiseptic surgical methods proposed by Joseph Lister and he served in conflicts such as the Boer War. An advocate and pioneer of the Royal Army Medical Corps, MacCormac was perhaps the most decorated surgeon in Britain and he served as Serjeant Surgeon to Edward VII."
tagline: "British surgeon (1836-1901)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir_William_MacCormac_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1836-01-17"
deathDate: "1901-12-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.32
  momentum:             4.923076923076923
  historical:           5.470158666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_MacCormac"
    title: "William MacCormac"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "السير وليام ماكورماك البارون الاول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_William_MacCormac%2C_Barwnig_1af"
    title: "Sir William MacCormac, Barwnig 1af"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BA%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Маккормак, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_MacCormac"
    title: "William MacCormac"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_MacCormac"
    title: "William MacCormac"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7529670"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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