# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-cullen
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:28:03.917Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/william-cullen"
name: "William Cullen"
slug: "william-cullen"
description: "William Cullen was a Scottish physician, chemist and agriculturalist from Hamilton, Scotland, who also served as a professor at the Edinburgh Medical School. Cullen was a central figure in the Scottish Enlightenment: He was David Hume's physician, and was friends with Joseph Black, Henry Home, Adam Ferguson, John Millar, and Adam Smith, among others."
tagline: "Scottish physician, chemist and agriculturalist; (1710-1790)"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1710-04-15"
deathDate: "1790-02-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump