# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-fairhurst
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:06:01.572Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-fairhurst"
name: "William Fairhurst"
slug: "william-fairhurst"
description: "William Albert Fairhurst was an English bridge designer and international chess master. He was highly accomplished in both disciplines and for many years successfully divided his time between two careers. He was appointed a CBE for his services to engineering, and in chess he was several times champion of Scotland, gaining the title of International Master in 1951."
tagline: "British chess player and bridge designer (1903-1982)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/William_Fairhurst.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
birthDate: "1903-08-21"
deathDate: "1982-03-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.396039603960396
  historical:           5.670446666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ויליאם פיירהורסט"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fairhurst"
    title: "William Fairhurst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fairhurst"
    title: "William Fairhurst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Фэрхерст, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fairhurst"
    title: "William Fairhurst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fairhurst"
    title: "William Fairhurst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2902210"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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