# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-belsham
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:48:22.640Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-belsham"
name: "William Belsham"
slug: "william-belsham"
description: "William Belsham was an English political writer and historian, noted as a supporter of the Whig Party and its principles. He justified the American Revolution in excusing Americans in their resistance to the demands of England, and he was an advocate of progressive political liberty."
tagline: "Historian"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1752"
deathDate: "1827-11-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.34
  momentum:             7.058823529411764
  historical:           6.539777333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BC%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Белшам, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "وليام بيلشام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Belsham"
    title: "William Belsham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Belsham"
    title: "William Belsham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Belsham"
    title: "William Belsham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Belsham"
    title: "William Belsham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Belsham"
    title: "William Belsham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568427"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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