# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-farish
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:34:48.956Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-farish"
name: "William Farish"
slug: "william-farish"
description: "William Farish (1759–1837) was a British scientist who was a professor of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, known for the development of the method of isometric projection and development of the first written university examination."
tagline: "British chemist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Farish.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1759-03-22"
deathDate: "1837-01-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.207416
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William Farish"
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    title: "Vilyam Fariş (kimyaçı)"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Farish_(chemist)"
    title: "William Farish (chemist)"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Farish_(qu%C3%ADmico)"
    title: "William Farish (químico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Farish"
    title: "William Farish"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Farish"
    title: "William Farish"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Farish"
    title: "William Farish"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Farish_(qu%C3%ADmico)"
    title: "William Farish (químico)"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8008928"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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