# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-elphinstone
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:02:10.599Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-elphinstone"
name: "William Elphinstone"
slug: "william-elphinstone"
description: "William Elphinstone was a Scottish statesman, Bishop of Aberdeen and founder of the University of Aberdeen."
tagline: "Roman Catholic bishop"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William.Elphinstone.(Bishop).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1431"
deathDate: "1514-10-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.278042666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Elphinstone"
    title: "William Elphinstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ويليام الفينستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Elphinstone"
    title: "Wilhelm Elphinstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Elphinstone"
    title: "William Elphinstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Elphinstone"
    title: "William Elphinstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%88%D6%82%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B4_%D4%B7%D5%AC%D6%86%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%B8%D5%B6"
    title: "Ուիլյամ Էլֆինստոն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8008579"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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