# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/w-k-burton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:45:02.836Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/w-k-burton"
name: "W. K. Burton"
slug: "w-k-burton"
description: "William Kinnimond Burton was a Scottish engineer, photographer and photography writer, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, who lived most of his career in Meiji era Japan."
tagline: "Scottish engineer and photographer (1856–1899)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Kinnimond_Burton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1856-05-11"
deathDate: "1899-08-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.026928
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "威廉·巴爾頓"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D9%83%D9%89._%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "دبليو. كى. بورتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kinnimond_Burton"
    title: "William Kinnimond Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._K._Burton"
    title: "W. K. Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kinnimond_Burton"
    title: "William Kinnimond Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BBK%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ウィリアム・K・バートン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kinnimond_Burton"
    title: "William Kinnimond Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%91%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4"
    title: "Бёртон, Уильям Киннинмонд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702239"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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