# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-buell-richards
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:13:14.217Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-buell-richards"
name: "William Buell Richards"
slug: "william-buell-richards"
description: "Sir William Buell Richards was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge, and served as the first Chief Justice of Canada."
tagline: "1st Chief Justice of Canada (1815-1889)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Buell_Richards.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1815-05-02"
deathDate: "1889-01-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.406372
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%91%D1%8C%D1%8E%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB_%D0%A0%D1%96%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%81"
    title: "Вільям Бьюелл Річардс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B2"
    title: "ويليام بويل ريتشاردز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B3"
    title: "ويليام بويل ريتشاردس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Buell_Richards"
    title: "William Buell Richards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Buell_Richards"
    title: "William Buell Richards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Buell_Richards"
    title: "William Buell Richards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Buell_Richards"
    title: "William Buell Richards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%81%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%91%D1%8C%D1%8E%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Ричардс, Уильям Бьюэлл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q387532"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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