# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/w-h-besant
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:20:35.422Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/w-h-besant"
name: "W. H. Besant"
slug: "w-h-besant"
description: "William Henry Besant was a British mathematician, brother of novelist Walter Besant. Another brother, Frank, was the husband of Annie Besant."
tagline: "British mathematician (1828-1917)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1828-11-01"
deathDate: "1917-06-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.56
  momentum:             1.896551724137931
  historical:           2.402484
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  41
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._H._Besant"
    title: "W. H. Besant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88._%D8%A7%DA%86._%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "دابلیو. اچ. بسانت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7945623"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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