# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-alexander-parsons-martin
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:18:14.491Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-alexander-parsons-martin"
name: "William Alexander Parsons Martin"
slug: "william-alexander-parsons-martin"
description: "William Alexander Parsons Martin, also known as Dīng Wěiliáng, was an American Presbyterian missionary to China and translator, famous for having translated a number of important Western treatises into Chinese, such as Henry Wheaton's Elements of International Law."
tagline: "American missionary and translator in China (1827–1916)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/W._A._P._Martin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1827-04-10"
deathDate: "1916-12-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.693594666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump