# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/w-montgomery-watt
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:06:09.946Z

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name: "W. Montgomery Watt"
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description: "William Montgomery Watt was a Scottish historian and orientalist. An Anglican priest, Watt served as Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Edinburgh from 1964 to 1979 and was also a prominent contributor to the field of Quranic studies."
tagline: "Scottish historian and Orientalist (1909–2006)"
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birthDate: "1909-03-14"
deathDate: "2006-10-24"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump