# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-coley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:00:03.198Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-coley"
name: "William Coley"
slug: "william-coley"
description: "William Bradley Coley was an American bone surgeon and cancer researcher best known for his early contributions to the study of cancer immunotherapy, specifically causing infection as a way to fight cancer, a practice used as far back as 1550 BC. Coley is recognized as the Father of Cancer Immunotherapy for his contributions to the science."
tagline: "American surgeon (1862-1936)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Coley_1892.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1862-01-12"
deathDate: "1936-04-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.6296296296296297
  historical:           10.29766266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "William Coley"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Coley"
    title: "William Coley"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Coley"
    title: "William Coley"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump