# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-emerson-ritter
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:16:51.344Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-emerson-ritter"
name: "William Emerson Ritter"
slug: "william-emerson-ritter"
description: "William Emerson Ritter was an American biologist."
tagline: "American biologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Emerson_Ritter_(1856-1944).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1856-11-21"
deathDate: "1944-01-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.07
  momentum:             10.5
  historical:           5.475738666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Emerson_Ritter"
    title: "William Emerson Ritter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "ويليام إيمرسون ريتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "ویلیام امرسون ریتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Emerson_Ritter"
    title: "William Emerson Ritter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Emerson_Ritter"
    title: "William Emerson Ritter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Emerson_Ritter"
    title: "William Emerson Ritter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2578675"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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