# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-bates
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:58:25.338Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-bates"
name: "William Bates"
slug: "william-bates"
description: "William Horatio Bates was an American physician who practiced ophthalmology and developed what became known as the Bates method for better eyesight. The method was based in his theory that the eye does not focus by changing the power of the lens, but rather by elongating the eyeball through use of the extraocular oblique muscles; this model contradicted mainstream ophthalmology and optometry then and now."
tagline: "American ophthalmologist (1860-1931)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1860-12-23"
deathDate: "1931-07-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump