# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-forbes-skene
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:22:48.856Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-forbes-skene"
name: "William Forbes Skene"
slug: "william-forbes-skene"
description: "William Forbes Skene WS FRSE FSA(Scot) DCL LLD, was a Scottish lawyer, historian and antiquary."
tagline: "Scottish historian (1809-1892)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Forbes_Skene.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1809-06-07"
deathDate: "1892-08-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.02
  momentum:             0.5279503105590062
  historical:           10.34553733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "William Forbes Skene"
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    title: "وليام فوربس سكين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Forbes Skene"
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    title: "William Forbes Skene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Forbes Skene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Forbes Skene"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Forbes_Skene"
    title: "William Forbes Skene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Forbes_Skene"
    title: "William Forbes Skene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Forbes_Skene"
    title: "William Forbes Skene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Forbes_Skene"
    title: "William Forbes Skene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Forbes Skene"
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  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Forbes_Skene"
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    title: "William Forbes Skene"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump