# William Charles Ellis

> Sir William Charles Ellis was an English physician who served as the superintendent of the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum and later the Hanwell Asylum. His ideas on the treatment of mental illness became widely influential.

*English asylum superintendent*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/william-charles-ellis

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Born:** 1780-03-10
- **Died:** 1839
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Sir William Charles Ellis was an English physician who served as the superintendent of the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum and later the Hanwell Asylum. His ideas on the treatment of mental illness became widely influential.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 35.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.4 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 2.2 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 15.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 56.0 / 100

## Sources
- [William Charles Ellis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Charles_Ellis)
- [William Charles Ellis](https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Charles_Ellis)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8006719)

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