# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-alcott
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:42:20.831Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-alcott"
name: "William Alcott"
slug: "william-alcott"
description: "William Andrus Alcott, also known as William Alexander Alcott, was an American educator, educational reformer, medical doctor, vegetarian and writer. His works, which include a wide range of topics including educational reform, physical education, school house design, family life, and diet, are still widely cited today."
tagline: "American physician and author (1798-1859)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Alexander_Alcott_Wellcome_M0017312.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1798-08-06"
deathDate: "1859-03-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.677934666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "William Alcott"
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    title: "William Alcott"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump