# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-bascom
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:42:24.309Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-bascom"
name: "William Bascom"
slug: "william-bascom"
description: "William R. Bascom was an American folklorist, anthropologist, and museum director. He was a specialist in the art and culture of West Africa and the African Diaspora, especially the Yoruba of Nigeria."
tagline: "American folklorist (1912-1981)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1912-05-23"
deathDate: "1981-09-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.008856
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William Bascom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام باسكوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "ويليام باسكوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%DA%A9"
    title: "ویلیام باسمک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_R._Bascom"
    title: "William R. Bascom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bascom"
    title: "William Bascom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%AE_%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%B0_%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%AE"
    title: "ਵਿਲੀਅਮ ਆਰ ਬਾਸਕਮ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bascom"
    title: "William Bascom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5566812"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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