# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-edward-hickson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:35:11.087Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-edward-hickson"
name: "William Edward Hickson"
slug: "william-edward-hickson"
description: "William Edward Hickson, commonly known as Richman Hopson and W. E. Hickson, was a British educational writer. He was the author of \"Time and Faith\" and was the editor of The Westminster Review (1840–1852). He wrote part of the Official Peace Version of the British national anthem, approved by the Privy Council, found in the 1925 edition of Songs of Praise and, with one line changed, in the 1933 edition."
tagline: "British educational writer (1803-1870)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1803-01-07"
deathDate: "1870-03-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.69
  momentum:             3.703703703703704
  historical:           4.412456
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ويليام ادوارد هيكسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Edward_Hickson"
    title: "William Edward Hickson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Edward_Hickson"
    title: "William Edward Hickson"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Edward_Hickson"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://sl.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Edward_Hickson"
    title: "Wikiquote"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8008442"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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