# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-chambliss
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:06:54.544Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-chambliss"
name: "William Chambliss"
slug: "william-chambliss"
description: "William Joseph Chambliss was an American criminologist and sociologist. He was a professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at The George Washington University for over 20 years. He was a pioneer of the conflict theory which concluded, among other things, that conflict between different social classes is the fundamental force in capitalist societies. In addition to his transformative scholarly contributions, he was a teacher-scholar and mentor to many of today’s leading criminologists and sociologists."
tagline: "American sociologist and criminologist (1933-2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_J._Chambliss.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1933"
deathDate: "2014-02-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump