# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-alexander-smith-q3142998
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:08:06.595Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-alexander-smith-q3142998"
name: "William Alexander Smith"
slug: "william-alexander-smith-q3142998"
description: "Sir William Alexander Smith, the founder of the Boys' Brigade, was born in Pennyland House, Thurso, Scotland. He was the eldest son of Major David Smith and his wife Harriet. He had one sister and two brothers."
tagline: "Founder of the Boys Brigade (1854–1914)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander_Ignatius_Roche_-_Sir_William_Alexander_Smith%2C_1854_-_1914._Founder_of_the_Boys'_Brigade_-_PG_1404_-_National_Galleries_of_Scotland.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1854-10-27"
deathDate: "1914-05-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.289994666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Alexander_Smith_(Boys'_Brigade)"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Alexander_Smith"
    title: "William Alexander Smith"
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    title: "William Alexander Smith"
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    title: "William Alexander Smith"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Alexander_Smith"
    title: "William Alexander Smith"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump