# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-cheselden
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:43:58.817Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-cheselden"
name: "William Cheselden"
slug: "william-cheselden"
description: "William Cheselden was an English surgeon and teacher of anatomy and surgery, who was influential in establishing surgery as a scientific medical profession. Via the medical missionary Benjamin Hobson, his work also helped revolutionize medical practices in China and Japan in the 19th century."
tagline: "English surgeon and teacher of anatomy and surgery (1688-1752)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Cheselden.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1688-10-19"
deathDate: "1752-04-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             5.27027027027027
  historical:           9.813320000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William Cheselden"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cheselden"
    title: "William Cheselden"
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    title: "William Cheselden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Cheselden"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump