# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-prescott-webb
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:20:00.361Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-prescott-webb"
name: "Walter Prescott Webb"
slug: "walter-prescott-webb"
description: "Walter Prescott Webb was an American historian noted for his groundbreaking work on the American West. As president of the Texas State Historical Association, he launched the project that produced the Handbook of Texas. He is a member of the Hall of Great Westerners, which is a part of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum."
tagline: "American historian (1888–1963)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1888-04-03"
deathDate: "1963-03-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.485278666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Prescott_Webb"
    title: "Walter Prescott Webb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A8"
    title: "والتر بريسكوت ويب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A8"
    title: "والتر بريسكوت ويب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Walter_Prescott_Webb"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Prescott_Webb"
    title: "Walter Prescott Webb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%8D%D0%B1%D0%B1%2C_%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%82"
    title: "Уэбб, Уолтер Прескотт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7965867"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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