# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-d-washington
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:01:19.998Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-d-washington"
name: "William D. Washington"
slug: "william-d-washington"
description: "William Dickinson Washington was an American painter and teacher of art. He is most famous for his painting The Burial of Latané, which became a symbol of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy in the years following the American Civil War, and for the work he did in establishing the fine arts program of the Virginia Military Institute."
tagline: "American artist (1833-1870)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_D._Washington%2C_American_artist%2C_ca._1869.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1833-10-07"
deathDate: "1870-12-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.805112
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ويليام د. واشنطن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام د. واشنطن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dickinson_Washington"
    title: "William Dickinson Washington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_D._Washington"
    title: "William D. Washington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BBD%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ウィリアム・D・ワシントン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8007525"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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