# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-derham
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:38:06.067Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-derham"
name: "William Derham"
slug: "william-derham"
description: "William Derham FRS was an English clergyman, natural theologian, natural philosopher and scientist. He produced the earliest reasonably accurate measurement of the speed of sound."
tagline: "English clergyman and natural philosopher"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Derham%2C_Royal_Society_(18th_Century).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1657-11-26"
deathDate: "1735-04-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump