# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-ball-q2577971
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:34:46.959Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-ball-q2577971"
name: "William Ball"
slug: "william-ball-q2577971"
description: "William Ball was an English astronomer. He was one of the founding Fellows of the Royal Society. He was appointed the Society's first treasurer on 28 November 1660, and served until 1663."
tagline: "English astronomer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1627"
deathDate: "1690"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.19
  momentum:             3.837209302325581
  historical:           8.070950666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "ولیم بال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ball_(Astronom)"
    title: "William Ball (Astronom)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ball_(astronomer)"
    title: "William Ball (astronomer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ball"
    title: "William Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ball_(astronome)"
    title: "William Ball (astronome)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ball_(astronomo)"
    title: "William Ball (astronomo)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A3%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B_%E1%83%91%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98"
    title: "უილიამ ბოლი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ball"
    title: "William Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Болл, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2577971"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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