# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-william-skeat-q322106
# Generated: 2026-08-15T18:03:15.365Z

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name: "Walter William Skeat"
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description: "Walter William Skeat was a British philologist and Anglican deacon. The pre-eminent British philologist of his time, he was instrumental in developing the English language as a higher education subject in the United Kingdom."
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deathDate: "1912-10-06"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump