# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-dobson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:22:19.043Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-dobson"
name: "William Dobson"
slug: "william-dobson"
description: "William Dobson was an English painter who specialised in portrait painting. One of the first significant English painters, he was praised by his contemporary John Aubrey as \"the most excellent painter that England has yet bred\". The art critic Waldemar Januszczak describes him as the first British born painter of genius."
tagline: "English portrait painter (1610-1646)"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1610-02-24"
deathDate: "1646-10-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
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