# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-a-eddy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:41:59.169Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-a-eddy"
name: "William A. Eddy"
slug: "william-a-eddy"
description: "William Alfred Eddy, Ph.D., Col., USMC was a U.S. minister to Saudi Arabia (1944–1946); university professor and college president (1936–1942); U.S. Marine Corps officer, serving in World War I and World War II; and U.S. intelligence officer."
tagline: "Highly decorated World War I and World War II U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer; Minister to Saudi Arabia; University professor and president (1896–1962)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Franklin_D._Roosevelt_with_King_Ibn_Saud_aboard_USS_Quincy_%28CA-71%29%2C_14_February_1945_%28USA-C-545%29.jpg/330px-Franklin_D._Roosevelt_with_King_Ibn_Saud_aboard_USS_Quincy_%28CA-71%29%2C_14_February_1945_%28USA-C-545%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1896-03-09"
deathDate: "1962-05-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.08
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.824768
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%8A"
    title: "ويليام إدي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89"
    title: "ويليام ادى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Alfred_Eddy"
    title: "William Alfred Eddy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Eddy"
    title: "William A. Eddy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Eddy"
    title: "William A. Eddy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2545487"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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