# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-archer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:12:12.045Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-archer"
name: "William Archer"
slug: "william-archer"
description: "William Archer was a Scottish author, theatre critic, and English spelling reformer based, for most of his career, in London. He was an early advocate of the plays of Henrik Ibsen, and a friend and advocate of George Bernard Shaw."
tagline: "Scottish critic and translator (1856–1924)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Archer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1856-09-23"
deathDate: "1924-12-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.68639466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0033742/"
    handle:    "nm0033742"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump