# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-coxe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:37:58.460Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-coxe"
name: "William Coxe"
slug: "william-coxe"
description: "William Coxe was an English historian and priest who served as a travelling companion and tutor to nobility from 1771 to 1786. He wrote numerous historical works and travel chronicles. Ordained a deacon in 1771, he served as a rector and then archdeacon of Bemerton near Salisbury from 1786 until his death."
tagline: "English historian and clergyman (1747-1828)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Coxe_Engraving_by_W._T._Fry.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1748-03-17"
deathDate: "1828-06-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.82
  momentum:             0.3600000000000001
  historical:           7.875990666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Coxe"
    title: "William Coxe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "وليام كوكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Coxe"
    title: "William Coxe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Coxe"
    title: "William Coxe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Coxe_(historian)"
    title: "William Coxe (historian)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Coxe"
    title: "William Coxe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Coxe"
    title: "William Coxe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Coxe"
    title: "William Coxe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%81%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Кокс, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2614067"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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