# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-beatty
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:01:15.036Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-beatty"
name: "William Beatty"
slug: "william-beatty"
description: "Sir William Beatty was an Irish surgeon who served in the Royal Navy. Born in Derry, Ireland, he joined as a surgeon's mate in 1791 at the age of 18. He is best known as the ship's surgeon aboard HMS Victory during the Battle of Trafalgar, at which he witnessed the death of Admiral Horatio Nelson, and for writing an account of that battle – Authentic Narrative of the Death of Lord Nelson."
tagline: "British naval surgeon"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SirWilliamBeatty.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1773"
deathDate: "1842-03-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.62
  momentum:             0.2147971360381861
  historical:           4.615408
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Beatty_(surgeon)"
    title: "William Beatty (surgeon)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Beatty"
    title: "William Beatty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Beatty"
    title: "William Beatty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3"
    title: "ウィリアム・ビーティ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Beatty_(mpasuaji)"
    title: "William Beatty (mpasuaji)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568424"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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