# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-grimshaw
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:34:08.024Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-grimshaw"
name: "Walter Grimshaw"
slug: "walter-grimshaw"
description: "Walter Grimshaw was a 19th-century British composer of chess problems. In 1854 he won the first ever chess problem composition tourney in London. He is perhaps best known for giving his name to the Grimshaw, a popular problem theme."
tagline: "British chess composer (1832–1890)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter_Grimshaw-2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1832-03-12"
deathDate: "1890-12-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.001692
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%88%D0%BE%D1%83%2C_%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Гримшоу, Уолтер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "والتر جريمشاو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Grimshaw"
    title: "Walter Grimshaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%8C%CE%BB%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81_%CE%93%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BC%CF%83%CE%BF"
    title: "Γουόλτερ Γκρίμσο"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Grimshaw"
    title: "Walter Grimshaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Grimshaw"
    title: "Walter Grimshaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Grimshaw"
    title: "Walter Grimshaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valters_Grim%C5%A1ovs"
    title: "Valters Grimšovs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331236"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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