# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-davies-evans
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:37:17.907Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-davies-evans"
name: "William Davies Evans"
slug: "william-davies-evans"
description: "Captain William Davies Evans was a seafarer and inventor best known today for the Evans Gambit, a chess opening."
tagline: "Welsh navy captain, inventor and chess player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Evans_W.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1790-01-27"
deathDate: "1872-08-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.94187066666667
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Ուիլյամ Դևիս Էվանս"
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    title: "William Davies Evans"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump