# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-gadsby
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:43:02.816Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-gadsby"
name: "William Gadsby"
slug: "william-gadsby"
description: "William Gadsby (1773–1844) was an English Strict Baptist pastor, hymn writer and church planter. He is often seen of a father of the Strict and Particular Baptist movement in England. Although he was not formally educated, Gadsby was regarded by his contemporaries as an excellent preacher and pastor who championed the cause of social justice and opposed the established Elizabethan Church."
tagline: "British pastor and hymnwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Williamgadsby.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "TV Personality"
  slug: "tv-personality"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1773-01-03"
deathDate: "1844"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.00648
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gadsby"
    title: "William Gadsby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gadsby"
    title: "William Gadsby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gadsby"
    title: "William Gadsby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gadsby"
    title: "William Gadsby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gadsby"
    title: "William Gadsby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1768139"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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